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toothsome
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synonyms: nectareous, saporous, sapid, gustable ???
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Definition:Defn: Grateful to the taste; palatable.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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"What I want to know," Edwin continued, "is why you call crab 'toothsome delicacy'? Crab is crab, ain't it? No one I never heard calls it such funny things."
Kate Chopin. The Awakening (1899)
Jack London. The Scarlet Plague
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I have discovered that Miss Trixie considers luncheon meat a rather toothsome delicacy.
John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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A few days later a box arrived for Mrs. Pontellier from New Orleans. It was from her husband. It was filled with friandises, with luscious and toothsome bits—the finest of fruits, pates, a rare bottle or two, delicious syrups, and bonbons in abundance.
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