Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
compote .
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Examples
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England, a compot is a slightly fermented mixture of many things like fruits.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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'I knowed I wasn't no good then, but I guv 'em compot from the lef' flank when we opened out. No! 'he said, bringing down his hand with a thump on the bedstead, 'a bay'nit ain't no good to a little man -- might as well' ave a bloomin 'fishin'-rod!
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'I knowed I wasn't no good then, but I guv 'em compot from the lef' flank when we opened out. No! 'he said, bringing down his hand with a thump on the bedstead, 'a bay'nit ain't no good to a little man -- might as well' ave a bloomin 'fishin'-rod!
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I gev 'em compot from the lef 'flank when we opened out. No! "he said, bringing down his hand with a thump on the bedstead," a bay'nit ain't no good to a little man -- might as well' ave a bloomin 'fishin'-rod!
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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VorticcUa compot ribus ciliatis globofis muticis, ftirpc umbellara.
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Goa knows our hearts, even in their mod compot ied temper, are to apt to create diverfions; we need not dart Game for them to chafe, and by prefacing our praier with fecular difcourfe, make a gap for the fkme thoughts. to return upon us in them.
The ladies calling, by the author of The whole duty of man. [Another] 1677
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