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- noun A box for
sweets .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.
The White Company 1890
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Roquefort says, "The ladies wore a little spice-box, in shape like a watch, to carry dragles, and it was called a drageoir."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 41: January/February 1665-66 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Roquefort says, "The ladies wore a little spice-box, in shape like a watch, to carry dragles, and it was called a drageoir."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Roquefort says, "The ladies wore a little spice-box, in shape like a watch, to carry dragles, and it was called a drageoir."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Roquefort says, "The ladies wore a little spice-box, in shape like a watch, to carry dragles, and it was called a drageoir."
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1665/66 Pepys, Samuel 1666
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[The dredger was probably the drageoir of France; in low Latin, dragerium, or drageria, in which comfits (dragdes) were kept.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 41: January/February 1665-66 Samuel Pepys 1668
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[The dredger was probably the drageoir of France; in low Latin, dragerium, or drageria, in which comfits (dragdes) were kept.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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