Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fruit of the carob-tree. See
Ceratonia .
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Examples
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He accepted a piece of locust-bean with leisurely condescension and watched us with quiet interest as he chewed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 Various
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It was overrun from morning to night by the habitual element, augmented now by a constant arrival of little dark men, brown as the locust-bean, with regular features and thick beards, some turbulent and talkative, like Paganetti, others silent, self-contained and dogmatic: the two types of the race upon which the same climate produces different effects.
The Nabob Alphonse Daudet 1868
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¼ teaspoon locust-bean gum (available at terraspice. com) 3 tablespoons lemon juice
unknown title 2009
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(Give me a locust-bean and I will give you a pull of my cigarette.) "
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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