What is a confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp. Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors. Du Maurier called?
praline — A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp. Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors. Du Maurier. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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