locoum
(ˈləʊkəm)
Also locum, lokoum, loukoum(i.
[Turk. lokum.]
Turkish delight.
| 1887 F. M. Crawford Paul Patoff III. xxiii. 239 Two little white saucers filled with pieces of loukoum-rahat, the Turkish national sweetmeat, commonly called by school⁓boys fig-paste. 1894 [see delight n. 4]. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 313/2 The elemes and locoums, packed respectively in layers and in cubes. 1921 S. Graham Europe ii. 38 Pride intervenes only to stop them begging... But you see the nicest of girls with pinched white faces trying to sell loukoum. 1960 Spectator 8 Jan. 51/1 In Istanbul,..go for Turkish delight,..a quite different confection from what passes as Turkish delight in Britain. You ask for lokoum. 1962 J. Fleming When I grow Rich iv. 53 A little locum for a friend..a present of a little Turkish delight. 1967 Vogue Jan. 4/2 A coral crusted dish of loukoumi. 1970 Simon & Howe Dict. Gastron., Turkish delight, the popular English name of Turkey's sweetmeat rahat lokum. 1972 J. Rathbone Trip Trap vi. 65 A servant poured Turkish coffee; lokoum was offered in tiny silver dishes. |