Книга: Gingerbread «'Old Gingerbread'and the Schoolboys, by the Author of'Uncle Jack the Fault Killer'.»

'Old Gingerbread'and the Schoolboys, by the Author of'Uncle Jack the Fault Killer'.

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Издательство: "Книга по Требованию" (2010)

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Gingerbread

Gingerbread Gin"ger*bread`, n. A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. ``Gingerbread that was full fine.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

{Gingerbread tree} (Bot.), the doom palm; -- so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See {Doom Palm}.

{Gingerbread work}, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character. [1913 Webster]

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  • gingerbread — ► NOUN ▪ cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger. ● take the gilt off the gingerbread Cf. ↑take the gilt off the gingerbread …   English terms dictionary

  • gingerbread — ● gingerbread nom masculin (anglais gingerbread) Pain d épice anglais aromatisé au gingembre …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • gingerbread — late 13c., gingerbrar, from O.Fr. ginginbrat ginger preserve, from M.L. gingimbratus gingered, from gingiber (see GINGER (Cf. ginger)). The ending changed by folk etymology to brede bread, a formation attested by mid 14c. Originally preserved… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Gingerbread — a British organization which provides support and practical help for single parents and their children …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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