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Definition of Leeks
1. leek [n] - See also: leek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeks
Literary usage of Leeks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"leeks. Allium Porrum. leeks are not greatly in demand in the south of England,
but are much appreciated in the northern counties and in Scotland and Wales. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: In 1852 [-1859 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Richard Torin Kindersley (1860)
"leeks and Redpath liable for the monies which it is alleged, I think proved, were
remitted to Mr. Dixon. Now, I have not the least doubt that when a ..."
3. The Pantropheon, Or, History of Food, and Its Preparation, from the Earliest by Alexis Soyer (1853)
"leeks. This vegetable—a powerful divinity, dreaded among the Egyptians,1" and a
food bewailed by the Israelites in their journey through the Desert ..."
4. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Onions, leeks, Garlic, and Shallots, though usually ranked among roots, (bulbous
roots,) are in ... Garlic, leeks, and Shallots, have a similar composition. ..."
5. Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the by William Carpenter, Gorham Dummer Abbot (1833)
"5), where it is joined with leeks and onions, and would, ... 5, Harmer says, It
can hardly be allowed to mean leeks, because it is there used to express ..."
6. Scripture Natural History by Henry Chichester Hart (1888)
"We remember . . . the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick.''—Numb. xi. 5.
The somewhat romantic history of these bulbous vegetables contrasts singularly ..."
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