Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small delicious pear, ripening about the end of October, but keeping good for a short time only. These pears are often called
sickle-pears . Seepear , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear
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Examples
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Girls: Chilled White Gazpacho, seckel pears, white anchovies & grilled peppers
Augieland: 2006
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Girls: Chilled White Gazpacho, seckel pears, white anchovies & grilled peppers
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Jacob's garden of that most gentlemanly little fruit, the seckel pear, which I have sometimes seen in shop-windows.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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Carry -- who was still kittenish in spite of her forty years -- as she gave one of her hands to Mr. Walker held out with the other a basket of seckel pears she had been gathering, and said:
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories Robert Grant 1896
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The advent of genius is like what florists style the BREAKING of a seedling tulip into what we may call high-caste colors, -- ten thousand dingy flowers, then one with the divine streak; or, if you prefer it, like the coming up in old Jacob's garden of that most gentlemanly little fruit, the seckel pear, which I have sometimes seen in shop-windows.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The advent of genius is like what florists style the BREAKING of a seedling tulip into what we may call high-caste colors, -- ten thousand dingy flowers, then one with the divine streak; or, if you prefer it, like the coming up in old Jacob's garden of that most gentlemanly little fruit, the seckel pear, which I have sometimes seen in shop-windows.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Gingerbread Cake - poached seckel pears, eggnog ice cream, the spice and sweet makes this desert one of the 'must haves'
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