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shortbread
[ shawrt-bred ]
noun
- a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
shortbread
/ ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd /
noun
- a rich crumbly biscuit made from dough with a large proportion of butter
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Origin of shortbread1
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Origin of shortbread1
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Example Sentences
The new gluten-free shortbread cookies should have been the most controversial part of the 2014 Girl Scout cookie campaign.
The chocolate mousse nearly finished, Hitz starts up on dessert item No. 2: pecan shortbread cookies.
Mother made tea and gave them shortbread and was so a-flutter herself that she broke one of her company dishes.
This was followed by the handing round of oatcake, cheese, and whisky, and afterwards shortbread and more whisky.
The following is the recipe of an old Ayrshire cook whose shortbread is always considered unsurpassed.
Or the shortbread—now there was something like shortbread, made after a recipe learned in Brabant!
He soon scorned crocus bulbs and even bread-crumbs, insisting on a diet of shortbread cake and nuts.
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