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Utter the word battenberg in their company, and you're likely to get a slap in the chops.
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Utter the word battenberg in their company, and you're likely to get a slap in the chops.
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We still believe in HP sauce, battenberg cake, Earl Grey and a good John Mills film on a Sunday afternoon.
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There's nothing soft and fluffy about what follows, with tense moments, a dropped cake and a particularly tricky battenberg.
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This would mean that certain foods such as mushy peas, battenberg cakes, Turkish Delight and tinned strawberries might disappear temporarily or permanently, unless an alternative natural food colouring is found.
Mama… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Now, the battenberg is very specific in look, with a checkerboard of pink and white visible in every slice.
Making a fake cake maryrobinette 2008
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There's nothing soft and fluffy about what follows, with tense moments, a dropped cake and a particularly tricky battenberg.
The Guardian World News Julia Raeside 2011
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There's nothing soft and fluffy about what follows, with tense moments, a dropped cake and a particularly tricky battenberg.
The Guardian World News Julia Raeside 2011
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For a fistful of Pesos, those pesky Argies could learn everything they need to know about battenberg course indicators, hyperbolic radionavigation, Leander class frigates, sextant usage, differentiating between the Pole Star and the 2100 BOAC flight from Heathrow to Singapore over the North Sea morse code over HF, steam turbines, Browning pistols, Bofors guns, black and white pornography and a host of other stuff that went to the scrap yard decades ago.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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For a fistful of Pesos, those pesky Argies could learn everything they need to know about battenberg course indicators, hyperbolic radionavigation, Leander class frigates, sextant usage, differentiating between the Pole Star and the 2100 BOAC flight from Heathrow to Singapore over the North Sea morse code over HF, steam turbines, Browning pistols, Bofors guns, black and white pornography and a host of other stuff that went to the scrap yard decades ago.
Army Rumour Service 2010
sionnach commented on the word battenberg
A type of delicious cake.
battenberg
October 26, 2007
yarb commented on the word battenberg
Yeuch. Makes me teeth fester just thinking about it.
October 26, 2007
missanthropist commented on the word battenberg
This is also a delectable lace!
July 28, 2008