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Recent Examples on the Web Why not bake the fruitcake inside a carapace of dough? John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 May 2023 Ever since Queen Victoria’s time, a rich fruitcake has been the English wedding cake of choice, Cairns explains. Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2021 The naan stuffing tasted like a chana masala and a fruitcake that had gotten into a bar fight. Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022 Judging panel described the Triple Wood as exhibiting: A summer Turkish delight of sweet raisin, marmalade and orange blossom aromas with a rich fruitcake palate, hints of brown sugar and honey, with a creamy toffee texture on the finish. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for fruitcake 
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Noun
  • Designers traditionally present themselves in public as preening demigods or fussy, difficult eccentrics, but neither is the vibe that Porte Jacquemus gives off.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Angela Lansbury built her career playing all kinds of eccentrics on stage and screen.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • These women then turn out to be psychopaths who want to kill Carol and breed with Ash in order to, uh, rebuild society or something?
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Mid-way through the Christmas-set Terrifier 3, Thornton's jubilant psychopath creates a new torture instrument, a tank of liquid nitrogen rigged with a projectile funnel.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Quiz: Which 'WKRP in Cincinnati' character are you?
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Barton's character was infamously killed in a car crash in the third series finale of the series about teen and parent drama in Southern California.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Does Miss Manners agree with me that making people feel like fools is rude?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • For years, West’s former assistant thought she got roofied and made a fool of herself at a work event.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Three directors seem like a lot for one film that isn’t an omnibus, especially with an ensemble that includes, as the crackpot world leaders, Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, and Takehiro Hira.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Germ theory, plate tectonics, the Big Bang and countless other fringe theories lay buried in the crackpot pile for decades before surfacing as scientific consensus.
    Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • David survives, Jack dies, and inspectors chalk the crime up to an errant maniac.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • All that matters is the chainsaw-wielding maniac in front of me.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Roasted tomatoes and halved gooseberries nestle in a pool of kefir and roasted kale oil; avocado wedges rolled in roasted seeds and nuts are separated by sorrel leaves; pea tips and tendrils garnish a stack of fried cheese dumplings.
    Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • Meanwhile, people are on the dance floor going nuts.
    Ron Hart, Esquire, 6 July 2017
Noun
  • Texturally, the series is best categorized as a psycho-thriller, but the design of the episodes is never redundant.
    WIRED, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Another summer, another hook-wielding psycho killer — and maybe some familiar faces too.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023

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“Fruitcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcake. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

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