comfit

Did he give you something to look at, a comfit to eat, a toy?"

At the end of the race, Alice distributes comfits from her pocket to all as prizes.

Wear what you have," and hit him on the head with a heavy silver comfit box which happened to be handy.

My adorable little comfit, come for your kiss!

If you are interested-" The agent broke off, reaching for another comfit.

"I am sure we had some gifts of food, comfits and such, but you know those are all tasted by others before they come to me.

Very pleasant dinner on Sunday--everybody in great form; we played at comfits.

"I came not here to eat comfits and look at ladies and watch grown men making sport like boys!

Coloured comfits were rather old-fashioned, she thought.

These aniseed comfits seem to be a precursor of modern aniseed balls.

Grate nutmeg over this, and strew a few coloured comfits on the top if you choose."

"Only for comfits, or occasionally kisses."

"comfits into it all.

Anise was used to flavor fish and chicken dishes, and its seeds were served as sugar-coated comfits.

Comfits are confectionery consisting of dried fruits, nuts, seeds or spices coated with sugar candy.

A hat, a locket, a snippet of hair curled inside a little velvet-lined comfit box, an ornament, a bill, a letter.

"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.

Captain Philippe brought his himself; it was an old comfit dish in Dresden china, and it had a gold mount.

Phial of cachous, kissing comfits, in her satchel.

Crowned with its frothy whip and scattered with coloured comfits, the Trifle was a very pretty dish for a party.

The girl was standing with the creature in her arms, feeding it with pieces of comfits from a pouch fastened at her girdle.

Their origin is uncertain, but they may have evolved out of the pharmaceutical use of sugar, as they were a miniature version of comfits.

I suspect he gave the comfits and marchpane to children in the village, sold the silver dish for alms and drank the wine himself.

Winsome girls rode the shoulders of bull-mighty boys, and from small baskets the girls tossed aphrodisiac comfits to onlookers.