Jordan almond
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almendra de Jordán
We knew a kid in high school that like his teeth were so fucked up and huge and huge that we gave him a bag of Jordan almonds when we were drunk one night.
- We knew a kid in high school that like his teeth were so fucked up and huge and huge that we gave him a bag of Jordan almonds when we were drunk one night.
Examples
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Margot buys me anything I want, even Jordan almonds, which are so terrible for your teeth.
Fiction book (2000) -
And in the very back of the house sat the toy piano, doll-sized, lacquered pink like a Jordan almond.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the wedding reception, guests enjoyed colorful Jordan almonds as a traditional sweet treat.
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She placed a bowl of Jordan almonds on the table, inviting everyone to take some.
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During the celebration, it was customary to give away Jordan almonds as a symbol of the couple's new life together.
Synonyms
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A small sugary food eaten after a meal
How Sweet
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Jordan + almond
The headword 'Jordan' is a proper name with no obvious semantic contribution to indicate a sugar coating, while 'almond' only signals the nut component; a learner would thus infer it's a kind of almond but not the specific confectionery meaning. Because the phrase partly signals category (a type of almond) but does not transparently indicate the sugared, ceremonial sweet sense without prior exposure, it is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Jordan almond may come from a story about sweets sold near the Jordan River long ago. They are almonds covered with a hard sugar shell and were often given as small gifts at 'weddings' and 'celebrations', so the name stuck for this sweet treat.