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Examples
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Both barmhearts shall become yeastcake by their brackfest.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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It is only when we are halfway home that we remember the yeastcake.
By the Christmas Fire Samuel McChord Crothers
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The thought of that little yeastcake shuts out any disinterested view of the store.
By the Christmas Fire Samuel McChord Crothers
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I dissolved a yeastcake in a glass of water; it's very healthy and I'd heard it alleviated dermal irritations.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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If you ask for a Mamie Taylor she gets it confused in her mind with a Sally Lunn and sends out for yeastcake and a cookbook; and while you are waiting she will give you a genuine Yankee drink, such as a brandy and soda -- or she will suggest that you smoke something and take a look at the evening paper.
Europe Revised 1910
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To two cups of scalded milk or boiled water, in a mixing-bowl, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, and, when the liquid becomes lukewarm, one yeastcake dissolved in half a cup of water, boiled and cooled.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892
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Make a sponge with one cup of milk, one yeastcake dissolved in one-fourth a cup of milk, and about one cup and a half of flour; beat thoroughly, cover, and set to rise in a temperature of about 70° Fahr.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892
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