Marchpane.
A confection of pistachio-nuts, almonds, and sugar; a corruption of the French masse-pain. (Italian, marzapan.)
A confection of pistachio-nuts, almonds, and sugar; a corruption of the French masse-pain. (Italian, marzapan.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.