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Example sentences for "silver knife"

  • He thought to himself that a man who could drink from a silver cup and eat with a silver knife ought to be able to travel in a carriage or on horseback, but there was no horse nor carriage in sight.

  • More than that, when he came to the spring, a traveler was sitting on one of the stones that lay around, drinking the water from a silver cup and peeling the rind from a pomegranate with a silver knife.

  • If you are hungry, you may peel a pomegranate with my silver knife.

  • At the same time take about two quarts of small pickling onions, scald them with boiling water, remove the skins, also with a silver knife, and salt the same as you did the pickles.

  • When frosting is firm, crease at once with the dull edge of a silver knife.

  • Cut the cream into mixture with a silver knife.

  • Line deep pie tin with pie crust and fill with the raw custard and bake in a moderate oven until the custard sets and can be cut clean with a silver knife.

  • Use scant measure of sugar in custard pie and do not cook after the custard is set sufficiently to cut with a silver knife, if you want a smooth and palatable baked custard.

  • Pour the chocolate over the white frosting and spread evenly with a silver knife.

  • The pulp must be separated from the thin bitter skin which separates the sections, with a silver knife.

  • Scald the oysters in their liquor; drain and cut each one into four pieces with a silver knife.

  • Always use a silver knife, as steel soon blackens and discolors the fruit.

  • Pare with a silver knife, halve or quarter, remove the seeds and drop into a pan of cold water to prevent discoloration.

  • As the whites begin to set, whip together quickly with a silver knife.

  • A silver knife, fork, and spoon (or a wooden spoon) were the best articles to use in preparing or stirring the fruit, thus preventing discoloration.

  • These she cut open with a silver knife, after having washed and wiped them carefully, and removed the stones.

  • Next she removed the stems, and cut the cherries in halves with a silver knife, taking out the stones.

  • After having searched about the dining-room,) "Who has seen my silver knife?

  • I went immediately to the fruit-room for it, and as it was a little spoiled, I cleaned it with my silver knife, which I laid on this table, whilst I was kissing her.

  • William, John, Lucy, you who are amusing yourselves in the garden, have you seen my silver knife?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    both inclusive; climbing shrub; electrical engineering; faint smile; foul play; fresh breeze; good instance; laid before; personal matters; she went; silver bell; silver bowl; silver certificates; silver chloride; silver coinage; silver coins; silver dish; silver dollars; silver gilt; silver medal; silver ores; silver watch; silver wire; silvery white; want them; winged horse