fruit cocktail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“I once took a cask of peach cooler to a uni party and left it under the table,” she wrote, referring to the nonalcoholic fruit cocktail.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022
Holding the weathered, century-old green hardcover delicately, she explains that two dishes she has prepared, the California chews and the Van Nuys fruit cocktail, are taken directly from this relic.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
She has the same memories of school lunches as most Americans born before the 21st century: square pizza and fruit cocktail.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2019
Some will end up in cans of Del Monte fruit cocktail.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013
I asked the cook if he had any cake or anything and he came up with some pound cake and some fruit cocktail.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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