Word | blancmange |
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Definition | n. A sweet, opaque gelatinous dessert made with cornstarch and milk. |
Sentence | He would scarcely have been able to believe that those incandescent eyes had it in them to blink so sheepishly, or that that iron jaw could have sagged so like a poorly set blancmange. |
Source | Uncle Fred in the Springtime, The Best of Wodehouse, p. 676 |
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