Citations:dessert

Noun

 * 1666, Samuel Pepys, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, The diary of Samuel Pepys:
 * "… the bread was very dry and musty; for dessert I had two wrinckled apples and nuts; the wine onely was passable …"
 * 1669, Henry, Duke of Guise, Memoires of Henry, Duke of Guise:
 * "… and told me a story how at table he did, they speaking about antipathys, say, that a rose touching his skin any where, would make it rise and pimple, and by and by, the dessert coming with roses upon it the Duchesse bid him try …"
 * 1700, Pierre Danet, A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities:
 * "… and the 'Dessert of a Feast, viz. the Salads and Sweet-meats …"
 * 1786, Walker's Hibernian magazine, or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, January 1786:
 * "With all my heart, said the other, but let me eat my dinner in peace, and we will talk of it at the dessert."
 * 1799, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Vol. 85:
 * The dessert equally corresponded with the supper; cherries, and every fruit which art could produce, were provided.