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  • noun Plural form of nutmeg.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nutmeg.

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Examples

  • That he was allowed to write and have some luxuries, such as nutmegs, sugar, bath, &c.

    Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography 1863

  • Whole nutmegs are easy to find in most grocery and kitchen stores and can keep for years in a cool, dark place, so all you need to have is a grater on hand and you can have fresh nutmeg for a batch of eggnog anytime!

    Nutmeg Mill | Baking Bites 2009

  • Sugar, wine verified vegan by Barnivore, mortar and pestle for grinding cloves, nutmegs to be ground by an oh-so-Stuart-era microplane grater (not pictured) ginger on the cutting board, and a big old glass jar (in lieu of a “pot”).

    2009 September « paper fruit 2009

  • To make hippocras: Take a gallon of claret of white wine, and put therein four ounces of ginger, an ounce and a half of nutmegs, of cloves one quarter, of sugar four pound; let all this stand together in a pot at least twelve hours, then take it, and put it into a clean bag made for the purpose, so that the wine may come with good leisure from the spices.

    2009 September « paper fruit 2009

  • Sugar, wine verified vegan by Barnivore, mortar and pestle for grinding cloves, nutmegs to be ground by an oh-so-Stuart-era microplane grater (not pictured) ginger on the cutting board, and a big old glass jar (in lieu of a “pot”).

    hippocras « paper fruit 2009

  • Nutmeg mills are built to both store whole nutmegs and grind them.

    Nutmeg Mill | Baking Bites 2009

  • One jar will last you a long time, and the whole nutmegs will retain their flavor during storage.

    2009 August | Baking Bites 2009

  • Felix Katongo nutmegs Tiene on the right and hares into the area, before finding Captain Katongo six yards out.

    Ivory Coast v Zambia - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2012

  • I shied away from the next reporter that came along for fear he would ask me if I had any wooden nutmegs about me.

    The Yankee Myth 2010

  • He gets the ball, nutmegs the defender in front of him.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Brainstormer’s Review Forum 2009

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