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Sultana

noun
1.
Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
2.
Dried seedless grape.  Synonym: seedless raisin.





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"Sultana" Quotes from Famous Books



... the capital of the sultan, where all was prepared for their reception with still more brilliancy than in the other cities. The sultana, an elderly woman of majestic appearance, awaited them, with her whole court, in the most splendid saloon of the castle. The floor of this room was covered with a large carpet; the walls were adorned with bright blue tapestry, which was suspended from massive silver hooks, ...
— The Oriental Story Book - A Collection of Tales • Wilhelm Hauff
... fond of Sultana raisins; they also like split groats and brown bread crumbs, as also do starlings and, I believe, most of the smaller birds. Fat in any shape or form will attract the various species of titmice to the window. I always keep ...
— Wild Nature Won By Kindness • Elizabeth Brightwen
... urged her to write to George and ask him to bring Madame Walmoden over to England with him. Even this the Queen, after some moments of agonized mental struggle, consented to do. She wrote to the {50} King, and she began to make preparations for the suitable reception of the new sultana. She carried her complacency so far as even to say that she would be willing to take Madame Walmoden into her own service. Even Walpole thought this was carrying humbleness too far. "Why not?" poor Caroline asked; was not Lady Suffolk, a former mistress of the King, in ...
— A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4) • Justin McCarthy
... the Sultana or Oriental Queen, looked truly regal—the rich and glittering Eastern robes well became her voluptuous ...
— City Crimes - or Life in New York and Boston • Greenhorn
... great work of art under the right conditions, the discovery put new life into the man; here was a bit of sharp practice, a bargain to make, a battle of Marengo to win. He would pile ruse on ruse to buy the new sultana as cheaply as possible. Magus had a map of Europe on which all great pictures were marked; his co-religionists in every city spied out business for him, and received a commission on the purchase. And then, what rewards for all his pains! The two lost Raphaels so earnestly sought after by ...
— Cousin Pons • Honore de Balzac


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