单词 | lumps of delight |
释义 | > as lemmaslumps of delight lumps of delight n. a former name for Turkish delight n. at Turkish adj. and n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > Turkish delight rahat lokum1808 lumps of delight1870 Turkish delight1877 rahat1931 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 17 ‘I want to go to the Lumps-of-Delight shop.’ ‘To the ——?’ ‘A Turkish sweetmeat, sir.’ 1875 L. M. Alcott Eight Cousins v. 55 Phebe..crunched the ‘Lump of Delight’ tucked into her mouth. 1894 Daily News 4 June 7/7 The Turkish, or rather Greek, sweetmeat known as Rahat Loukoums, or ‘Lumps of Delight’. < as lemmas |
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