kouskous

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kouskous (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of couscous
    • 1899, Henry Theophilus Finck, Primitive Love and Love-Stories[1]:
      Many of the young girls are compelled, by their mothers, to devour a great quantity of kouskous, and drink a large bowl of camel's milk every morning....
    • 1911, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, The Golden Silence[2]:
      Afterwards came a kouskous of chicken and farina, which she ate with a large spoon whose bowl was of tortoiseshell, the handle of ivory tipped with coral.