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fool
2
(fool)
Pronunciation:
/fuːl/
noun
[
mass noun
,
usually with modifier
]
chiefly
British
a cold dessert made of puréed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard:
raspberry fool with cream
Origin:
late 16th century
: perhaps from
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