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maid of honour
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Small tart with an almond-flavoured curd filling, originally made only in Richmond, in Surrey, where there is an early 18C terrace called Maids of Honour Row. The terrace is named after its first inhabitants, the ladies-in-waiting to the princess of Wales, wife of the future George II.
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