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  • When I was very young, it was their colorful names—Eton Mess, Apple Hat, Syllabub, Roly-poly, Flummery and Treacle tart—that piqued my imagination each time I stumbled across them in a storybook.

    Nostalgic for Nursery Pudding Gail Monaghan 2011

  • Welsh Flummery ready, which Galesia had taught her last

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Dear Mr. Henry Southgate advises me that Alexia's bill of fare for today would be comprised of Soup Et Bouilli (brisket and clove broth over boiled vegetables and bread), Fillet of Veal (roasted wrapped in bacon and 9 herbs), and Rice Flummery (thick rice pudding with almond flavoring).

    Still Wrapping Up World Con, but also Wrapping Veal gailcarriger 2008

  • Flummery is what I would call it if you were to ask me to put it on a single dimension what pronounced opinion I might possibly orally have about them bagses of trash which the mother and

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • My vote goes to Flummery for the entry Howard Dean Says Something.

    January 2004 2004

  • It's just another grasp at the Rove-fed sniping at the front runner, getting down to the level that Flummery depicts.

    January 2004 2004

  • Dylan Holly, creator of the political satire blog Flummery has announced an indefinite hiatus on that site.

    January 2004 2004

  • I'm glad to add Flummery to the blogroll, and he warns us about another endangered species.

    January 2004 2004

  • Cheese Cakes and Flummery, preserved Apricocks, preserved

    English Housewifery 2004

  • Flummery,” Lucy said softly, the first word she had spoken all evening.

    The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer 2004

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