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Definition of Rocamboles
1. rocambole [n] - See also: rocambole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocamboles
Literary usage of Rocamboles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary; Or, The Accomplish'd Housewifes ...by cook John Nott, John Nott by cook John Nott, John Nott (1723)
"... two or three rocamboles, a few Capers, and three or four Anchovies, mince all
very finall, mix them well with your Meat, and toft them up in a Stew-pan ..."
2. The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of by Richard Dolby (1830)
"Peel some rocamboles, and put them into a saucepan of boiling water ; set them
... Reduce «orne velouté, thicken it a little, and the rocamboles being culd, ..."
3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"... "le meilleur moyen de preparer le petit bon-homme est de le farcir avec son
foie hache avec lard h lane hi, truffes, champignons, rocamboles, ..."
4. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America: Containing Full Descriptions of by Fearing Burr (1874)
"Leaves large ; flower-stalk about two feet high, contorted or coiled towards the
top, and producing at its extremity a group of bulbs, or rocamboles, ..."
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