Definition of Pippins

1. Noun. (plural of pippin) ¹

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Definition of Pippins

1. pippin [n] - See also: pippin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pippins

pipistrels
pipit
pipits
pipkin
pipkins
pipless
pipobroman
piposulfan
pipotiazine
pipotiazine palmitate
pipped
pippier
pippiest
pippin
pipping
pippins (current term)
pippul
pippul tree
pippy
pipra
pipradol
pipradrol hydrochloride
pipras
piprine
piprinhydrinate
pips
pipsissewa
pipsissewas
pipsqueak
pipsqueaks

Literary usage of Pippins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"Obs.—These pippins, if stewed with care, will be converted into a rich confection: they ... Put into a wide jar, with a cover, two quarts of golden pippins, ..."

2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Stewed Golden pippins. Scoop out the core, pare them very thin, and as you do it, throw them in water. For every pound of fruit, make half a pound of ..."

3. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy: To which are Added One Hundred and by Hannah Glasse (1774)
""TAKE pippins, pare, core, and quarter them; throw them into fair water, ... of the pippins be boiled out, then drain them through a jelly ba» ^ and to a ..."

4. The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice: Being a by Richard Briggs (1788)
"TAKE the rind of an orange and boil it very tender, lay it in cold water for three clays ; take two dozen of golden pippins, pare, core, and quarter them, ..."

5. The Complete Confectioner, Or, Housekeeper's Guide: To a Simple and Speedy by Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson (1800)
"To presene Golden pippins in Jelly. Pare your pippins from all spots, and, with a narrow-pointed knife, make a hole quite through them ; then boil them in ..."

6. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold (1851)
"We will indite the apologetic history of Job pippins. Yes ; it shall be to us a labour of love to turn ebony into ivory. ..."

7. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"Then have ready twelve large ripe golden pippins pared, and cored with a small iron apple scoop. Put them into a stewpan, strain the above liquor to them, ..."

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