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Macaroon   Listen
noun
Macaroon  n.  
1.
A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds or coconut, and sugar.
2.
A finical fellow, or macaroni. (Obs.)






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"Macaroon" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Miss Elizabeth, quietly. "People are very stupid. They don't know what will freshen themselves up. They think the trouble is with the confectionery, and so they try macaroon and pistachio instead of lemon and vanilla. Fresh people are better than fresh flavors. But I think we had everything fresh to-night. What a beautiful ...
— We Girls: A Home Story • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... the loud jamboon With a fervour corybantic; She could hurl the macaroon Far into the mid-Atlantic; More self-helpful than a SMILES, She could ride on crocodiles, Catch the fleetest flying-fishes; She could cook, like ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 10, 1917 • Various

... my affair! (Walking about the room.) It's perfectly glorious to think that we have—that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (Takes the packet from her pocket.) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon? ...
— A Doll's House • Henrik Ibsen

... claw, on the end of which hung, by a narrow ribbon, two round little cushions about the size of a macaroon biscuit. Hugh took them, and examined them curiously. They were soft and elastic, what Hugh in his own words would have described as "blobby." They seemed to be made of some stuff like indiarubber, and were just ...
— The Tapestry Room - A Child's Romance • Mrs. Molesworth

... hardens; then place in the ice chest for a few hours. Brown the macaroons in a cool oven. Let them cool and roll them fine. At serving time put the custard in a souffle dish. Heap the jelly on this, and cover all with the macaroon crumbs. ...
— Miss Parloa's New Cook Book • Maria Parloa

... Margery passed into an antechamber, close to her bedroom, where breakfast was served. This repast consisted of a pitcher of new milk, another pitcher of wine, a dish of poached eggs, a tremendous bunch of water-cress, a large loaf of bread, and marchpanes—a sweet cake, not unlike the modern macaroon. Breakfast over, Margery put on her hood, and taking Alice with her, she sallied forth on an expedition to examine the neighbourhood of her new home. One of Lord Marnell's men-servants followed at a short distance, wearing a rapier, to defend his mistress in case of ...
— Mistress Margery • Emily Sarah Holt



Words linked to "Macaroon" :   coconut macaroon, cookie, ratafia, cooky, ratafia biscuit, biscuit



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