Dry, edible fruit or seed which usually has a high fat content.
1 Yes, this is mine- a rather dry nut for you.
2 For vegetarians, condemned to a dry nut roast alternative, the legacy of the meat hegemony is even worse.
3 It had cracked like a dry nut ; and mightn't one as well live upon an exploding bomb?-withmuch more to the same effect.
4 Forget dry nut loaves and soggy salads - the emphasis on the 12th is on gourmet meatless grub and traditional foods with a veggie twist.
5 A dried nut , as large as my fist, sat on the fireplace.
6 She said afternoon tea can vary between a healthy cake, fruit or dried nuts .
7 A leghorn hat, trimmed with shells and dried nuts , sat coquettishly upon her masses of raven hair.
8 Lunch: more oatmeal, corn oil, dried nuts and sugar, followed by chocolate and dried reindeer heart for afternoon snack.
9 "Sometimes," said he, "old Campos keeps the dried nuts in his little store on the hill.
10 Lyubka cleared away the supper, shook out on the table some peppermint biscuits, dried nuts , and pumpkin seeds, and placed two bottles of sweet wine.
11 All she found were some dried nuts , rotten, and the droppings of small rodents, evidence that her store had been found and long since eaten.
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