10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POMFRET-CAKE»
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Sir W. W. Wynne's h. f. hy Sir Oliver, out of Bellona 5 Two to 1 on the field; after
the dead heat, even hetting. The Earl of Chester's Purse of l00gs. for four-year-
olds and upwards. Three times round. Mr. E. L. Hodgson's gr. c. Pomfret- Cake,
hy ...
We remember, years ago, when attending the fairs and races in the old country,
seeing an article of sweet cake, somewhate resembling ginger-bread, hawked
over the ground, under the name of " Pomfret cake," the peculiarly rich and ...
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Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary with CD-ROM
... 'pa:.ma.r91, 'pa:m.rar pomfret fish: 'pom.fr1t, Q9 'p<1:m-, 'pAm- -s -s Pomfret '
pAm.frrt, 'pom-, Q9 'pAm-, 'pa:m- 'Pomfret ,cake pommel n 'pomf'l, Q9 'PAIILBI, 'pa:
.mal —s -2 pommel v 'pAmFl, 'pom-, Q9 'pAm-, 'pa:.mal -s -2 -(l)ing -11] -(l) ed -d ...
Peter Roach, Jane Setter, John Esling, 2011
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
pomfret n (also pomfret cake) a discshaped liquorice sweet traditionally made in
Pontefract, Yorkshire. [OFr Pomfret, Pontefract, from Lat pons, bridge + fractus,
broken] pommel n 1 the raised forepart of a saddle. 2 a rounded knob forming the
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Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
The Pomfret cake contains liquorice extract. It was born, so to speak, at Pontel'
ract in Yorkshire, but is now made in many other places, and has even been
heard of at Khartoum. Other more or less notable cakes are the Banbury cake,
the ...
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Standardization, Ideology and Linguistics
For instance, the Yorkshire town of Pontefract was until fairly recently called
Pomfret (the name of the associated liquorice sweet appears still to alternate
between Pontefract cake and Pomfret cake). The earlier form is clearly a phonetic
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Nigel Armstrong, Ian E. Mackenzie, 2012
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The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
... for doing you good: 'The Pontefract (or Pomfret) cake is a dainty little circular
confection, into the composition of which liquorice enters largely', Westminster
Gazette () (the spelling Pomfret reflects a once common pronunciation
ofthe ...
The "Pomfret Cake" dates back for centuries, one firm recently absorbed in
another having been in existence over 1 50 years. Nowadays '• Pomfret Cakes"
are largely manufactured in Birmingham, and even in Germany and America.
Among ...
The " Pomfret Cake " dates back for centuries, one firm recently absorbed in
another having been in existence over 150 years. Nowadays "Pomfret Cakes11
are largely manufactured in Birmingham, and even in Germany and America.
ximong ...
The WIndsor Magazine, WARD, LOCK & CO., june roy, 1896
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English Pronouncing Dictionary
Pomeranian 'dog Pomeroy 'pom.a.rai, 'paum.rai © 'pa:.ma.ra[, 'pu:m.rai pomfret .
ftsft: 'pom. frit © 'pa:m-, 'pAm--s-s Pomfret 'pAm.fnt, 'pom-© 'pAm-, 'pu:m- Pomfret ,
cake pommel (n.) 'pom.3l® 'pAm.3l, 'pa:.m3l-s-z pommel(t).)'pAm.sl ...
Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman, 2006