Meaning of Florentine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
2. A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
   countable, uncountable
3. A kind of durable silk.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Examples

“They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.”

“Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.”

“The safety of Florence, which means even more than the welfare of Florentines, now demands severity, as it once demanded mercy.”

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