Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.
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Examples
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His gifts were all products from his establishment, to wit: six boxes of jujubes, a whole jar of racahout, three cakes of marshmallow paste, and six sticks of sugar-candy into the bargain that he had come across in a cupboard.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 1850
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His gifts were all products from his establishment, to wit: six boxes of jujubes, a whole jar of racahout, three cakes of marsh-mallow paste, and six sticks of sugar-candy, into the bargain, that he had come across in a cupboard.
Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Gustave Flaubert 1850
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Here is the The Druggist's General Receipt Book's intrepretation of the "Turkish" and "Arabic" dishes of palamoud and racahout as fortifying drinks based on chocolate.
The Old Foodie 2009
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a whole jar of racahout, three cakes of marshmallow paste, and six sticks of sugar-candy into the bargain that he had come across in a cupboard.
Madame Bovary 2003
ruzuzu commented on the word racahout
Someone just listed racahout and glandiform. Please tell me an acorn list is in the works!
February 3, 2023