Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
marmalade .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
marmalade .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
marmalade .
Etymologies
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Examples
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English traveller as early as 1675, "the gallants walk with their marmalet-madams, as we do in Moorfields."
American Sketches 1908 Charles Whibley 1894
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To others he gave China oranges, dishes of marmalet, Meers Cakes,
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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A Boston gallant must choose well his marmalet-madam, must proceed cautiously in his love-making in the gloaming, obtaining first the formal permission of parents or guardians ere he take any step in courtship.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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(really marmalet) is so called because Queen Mary found comfort in marmalade when she was sea-sick -- hence Marie-malade, hence
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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