spicenut
nounEtymology From spice + nut.
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A small, crisp cake containing strong spices.
- “Good-night, Captain, many thanks. You did it uncommonly well; how kindly the old un swallowed the spice-nut, to be sure; and it is only one of many others he has swallowed within these two days. I am afraid in about another four-and-twenty hours they will begin to disagree with him unless his stomach is a very strong one.”1862, Wyndham Smith, Once a Week: