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Meaning of lumps of delight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Turkish delight

UK, archaic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“Twelve "lumps of delight," as the Mussulman — not mussel man — calls his sweetmeats!”
“Rosa replies: “I want to go to the Lumps-of-Delight shop.” “To the—?” “A Turkish sweetmeat, sir. My gracious me, don’t you understand anything? Call yourself an Engineer, and not know that?””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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