| 单词 | funeral biscuit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuneral biscuit funeral biscuit n. British (now historical) a biscuit served at a wake or funeral.Funeral biscuits were typically sponge fingers or shortbread flavoured with caraway and stamped with a design. They were often wrapped in paper with a black seal and distributed to mourners or sent to those who had been unable to attend the funeral. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits dorcake14.. cracknelc1440 hard breada1500 crackling1598 Naples biscuit1650 gingerbread man1686 chocolate biscuit1702 biscotin1723 sponge biscuit1736 maple biscuita1753 butter biscuit1758 nut1775 Oliver biscuit1786 funeral biscuit1790 rock biscuit?1790 ratafia1801 finger biscuit1812 Savoy drop1816 lady's finger1818 snap1819 Abernethy1830 pretzel1831 wine-biscuit1834 gingersnap1838 captain's biscuit1843 lebkuchen1847 simnel1854 sugar cookie1854 peppernut1862 McClellan pie1863 Savoy ring1866 Brown George1867 beaten biscuit1876 digestive1876 Osborne1876 Bath Oliver1878 marie1878 boer biscuit1882 charcoal biscuit1885 biscotti1886 fairing1888 snickerdoodle1889 pfeffernuss1891 zwieback1894 Nice1895 Garibaldi biscuit1896 Oswegoc1900 squashed fly1900 amaretto1905 boerebeskuit1905 Romary1905 petit beurre1906 Oswego biscuit1907 soetkoekie1910 Oreo1912 custard cream1916 Anzac1923 sweet biscuit1929 langue de chat1931 Bourbon biscuit1932 Afghan1934 flapjack1935 Florentine1936 chocolate chip cookie1938 choc chip cookie1940 Toll House cookie1940 tuile1943 pizzelle1949 black and white1967 Romany Cream1970 papri1978 1790 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 118/2 In passing through the street of Knaresborough, I observed on a window the following advertisement: ‘Funeral Biscuits sold here.’ And it is, it seems, the custom, at the funerals of the middling and lower class of people, to provide a kind of sugared biscuit, which are wrapt up, generally two of them together, in a sheet of white paper, sealed with black wax, and thus presented to each person attending the funeral. 1811 Derby Mercury 16 May (advt.) Funeral Biscuits and Cakes on the shortest possible Notice. 1829 G. Oliver Hist. & Antiq. Beverley iv. iii. 499 A scarf of black crape was formally appended to each bee-hive; and an offering of pounded funeral biscuit soaked in wine was placed at its entrance. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 329 ‘Funeral biscuits’ are baked expressly for those who visit the house on the day of interment. 1956 W. M. Williams Sociol. Eng. Village iii. 67 Ivverbody sits down to plenty o' food, wid rum butter and funeral biscuits, and plenty to drink. 2016 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 7 Nov. 27 Joseph and Eleanor started their business catering primarily for Victorian family occasions producing wedding cakes and funeral biscuits. < as lemmas |
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