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barmbrack

/ ˈɑːˌæ /

noun

  1. a loaf of bread with currants in it Alsobarnbrack Often shortened tobrack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of barmbrack1

from Irish Gaelic bairín breac speckled loaf
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That’s not the end of its attractions, however: barmbrack can also tell your fortune, as James Joyce’s short story Clay describes.

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It finished with barmbrack bread and butter pudding, Bushmill prunes and buttermilk ice cream.

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Also two green ware plates, on one of which she puts a barmbrack with a knife beside it.

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Maria superintended the distribution of the barmbrack and saw that every woman got her four slices.

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