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Definition of ice-cream cone
: a thin crisp edible cone for holding ice cream also : one filled with ice cream
Examples of ice-cream cone in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Eat at one, or all, with a bunch of unique food options such as the hefty El Diablo sandwich from Arepa or a maple-bacon ice-cream cone.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, "The Luxe Belize Getaway You And Your Girls Need Today," 5 Nov. 2019 Bishop’s Orchard corn maze, 526 New England Road in Guilford has a theme of an ice-cream cone to celebrate the ice-cream stand opening at the farm market, which is 2-¾ miles from the maze.
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Susan Dunne, courant.com, "Is that a T-Rex? Yes, dinosaurs roam in one of these 14 corn mazes in Connecticut," 12 Sep. 2019 Their neighbors were the Fungineers and their pastel-dream ice cream truck, who held daily concerts with costumed and puppet performers, singing songs about sustainable living and handing out purple ice-cream cones.
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Kat Bein, Billboard, "Meow Wolf's Taos Vortex Festival Brought Community to the Forefront," 20 Aug. 2019 With second-string vanilla offenses pitted against third-string vanilla defenses, NFL practice games are like a vanilla ice-cream cone with no ice cream, and the cone is made of gluten-free kale.
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Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, "Jay-Z will be a superstar NFL (talent-search) quarterback," 17 Aug. 2019 Some of Cee’s most beloved creations include a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air-themed shoot, babies snuggled into ice-cream cones and a beauty salon shoot featuring a little one sitting under a dryer with rollers in her hair.
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Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, "From Ninja Turtles to Aladdin! This Newborn Photographer's Elaborate Shoots Are Going Viral," 12 July 2019 In front of him, an ice-cream cone points priapically upwards, next to a trail of creamy vanilla.
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1843, "The masochistic appeal of the British seaside," 25 June 2019 In line for coveted Guerlain ice-cream cones, guests discussed their winnings.
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Carmen Rosy Hall, Vogue, "Natalia Vodianova Puts the Fabulous in Her Fabulous Fund Fair With Vuitton, Dior, and Stella McCartney Goodies Up for Grabs," 20 Feb. 2019 Photo: Underwood Archives/UIG/Everett Collection The department has proposed ending dozens of settlements, including those addressing markets for typewriters, horseshoes and ice-cream cones.
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Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, "Now Showing: U.S. Mulls Changing Movie Rules for the Big Screen," 2 Dec. 2018
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