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Example sentences for "great delicacy"

  • They ate the remainder as they would an apple, thinking it a great delicacy.

  • This is hung up against the side of the hut to dry; after which it is eaten, being esteemed a great delicacy.

  • My Lapland companion seized it immediately, and peeling the stalk, which had not yet flowered, ate it like a turnip, as a great delicacy.

  • Grass table-mats are also used, but always under cloth or doily.

  • The flesh is esteemed a great delicacy, and is highly prized in Germany, where it is known as the Krammsvögel, and is sold in the markets of Westphalia by the dozen.

  • The plumage of this bird is much variegated, and its flesh esteemed a great delicacy, though not so highly praised as that of the teal.

  • The Godwit is much esteemed by epicures as a great delicacy, and sells very high.

  • As the fritters are fried, take them up with a perforated skimmer, and drain them.

  • If not wanted for immediate use, cut it in pieces, and put it up in a jar well covered.

  • Wash them, and let them lie an hour or two in weak salt and water.

  • Lay them in a stew pan, and season them with a little salt and cayenne, adding some butter rolled in flour.

  • Salmon, as I have lately observed, is so plentiful in some years at Churchill River, that it might be procured in any quantity; at others, so scarce as to be thought a great delicacy.

  • This fish, which is esteemed by most people a great delicacy, is dressed in the same way as a turbot, which it resembles in firmness, but not in richness.

  • These birds are by many persons esteemed a great delicacy, and may be either roasted or broiled.

  • They are considered a great delicacy, and may either be broiled, fried, or boiled; if they are boiled, mix a little milk with the water.

  • It is almost universally considered by epicures a great delicacy, and is snared by thousands.

  • Its flesh being a great delicacy, it is much sought for.

  • It is true that this bird considers a young chicken a great delicacy, and so, takes one when it has a chance.

  • Every year the natives come for fifty miles round to obtain these eggs, which are esteemed as a great delicacy, and when quite fresh, are indeed delicious.

  • The bodies are fried in oil with onions and preserved shrimps, or sometimes alone, and are considered a great delicacy.

  • The natives can tell by the condition of these mounds whether they contain eggs or not; and they rob them whenever they can, as the brick-red eggs (as large as those of a swan) are considered a great delicacy.

  • A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

  • The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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