Usually means: Sweet frothy drink or dessert.
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  1. syllabub: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. syllabub: Merriam-Webster
  3. syllabub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. syllabub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. syllabub: Collins English Dictionary
  6. syllabub: Vocabulary.com
  7. Syllabub, syllabub: Wordnik
  8. syllabub: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. syllabub: Wiktionary
  10. syllabub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. syllabub (sillabub): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. syllabub: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. syllabub: Dictionary.com
  14. Syllabub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Syllabub: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. syllabub: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. syllabub: Rhymezone
  18. Syllabub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. syllabub: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. syllabub: FreeDictionary.org
  21. syllabub: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. syllabub: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. syllabub: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A drink dating back to the 16th century consisting primarily of milk curdled with an alcoholic beverage or some acid such as lemon juice, which is usually then sweetened and spiced.
▸ noun:  A dessert pudding derived from the drink.
▸ noun:  (dated, figuratively) Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.

Similar:
sillabub, sillibub, sullabub, libation, clabber, syrup, clauber, laughing soup, swill, suck, more...

Types:
trifle, parfait, sherbet, gelatin, pudding, custard, flan, fruitcake, more...

Adjectives:
whipt, mere, universal, great, rural, good, lemon, first, sweet, verbal, whipped

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Similar:
sillabub, sillibub, sullabub, libation, clabber, syrup, clauber, laughing soup, swill, suck, more...

Types:
trifle, parfait, sherbet, gelatin, pudding, custard, flan, fruitcake, more...

Adjectives:
whipt, mere, universal, great, rural, good, lemon, first, sweet, verbal, whipped



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