Tangerines

My first memories of what we called tangerines are of a fruit with a tighter, thicker skin, and a strong, sweet almost addictive flavour. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Little known fact: Mandarins aka tangerines, after the port of Tangiers where particular mandarin cultvars were shipped to the US, are not a cross between ranges and another citrus fruit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

nartjies= small sweet oranges with loose skin, I think they're called tangerines sometimes ❋ Lauri (2009)

For decorations, Mr. Ong likes to fill his dining table with flowers, small potted plants or brightly colored fruits such as tangerines and kumquats. ❋ Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (2010)

And the inspector found that much of the restaurant's shelf space was occupied by foods the owner claimed were for personal use, such as tangerines, homemade pickles and unlabeled frozen fish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Squeezing large melon like objects such as tangerines is a fantastic way to build up your finger-abs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We will have extras such as tangerines, nuts and chocolates and of course mince pies but it won’t take weeks of shopping and we’ll not be spending a fortune. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think of odds as so many pills, in corner of eye, color of peach, pale and tiny tangerines. ❋ Dennis Mahagin (2011)

During the whooping cough siege our hearts were touched by acts of grace: out-of-town grandparents mailed small gifts and added Daniel to their prayer chain; a neighbor stopped over on her way back from Farmers Market and delivered a bag of tangerines and some library books; a friend loaned us a steam vaporizer; Daniel's godmother, who operates a homeopathic institute in faraway Mallorca, Spain, called and suggested some remedies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Does Paul want to be viewed eternally as a man with fists the size of tangerines, a man who cusses every other word, who gets beat up by "beefy" dudes at bars? ❋ Peter Brown Hoffmeister (2011)

Winter means citrus—oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines. ❋ Keri Gans (2011)

And if we have just 3 people in the Edwards 'community bypass the farmer's market to buy direct from the grower by traveling to the tangerine greenhouse in their eco-friendly, fuel-efficient, 60 mile-per-gallon-getting hybrid cars, covering 60 miles each (or 180 miles total), we find that they burn exactly the same amount of fuel as does shipping the tangerines by rail and truck 900 miles from Florida! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Presidential candidate wife Elizabeth Edwards 'giving up of tangerines for the sake of "buying local" to protect the environment, when doing so would actually make the environment worse off. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the grocery store, for example, I buy tangerines when they are in season not only because I love their flavor, but because they are presented in big, shining orange heaps, sometimes with wonderfully crackly dark green leaves mixed in. ❋ Heather McDougal (2009)

I [peeled] the [tangerine]. ❋ HolyHorseballs (2018)

1. Want a [tangerine]? 2. Have you heard [Tangerine]? [it's good] 3. Tangerine STOP EATING, it's been 3 [hrs]! ❋ Coca (2003)

Guy: "Oi, love!" Girl: "yeah?" Guy: "Nice [tangerine]!" OR "I was in [Burma], and I once saw a girl, with a tangerine, the size... of a [ruby]" ❋ Pilchy (2012)

[Hinata] you [human] [tangerine]! ❋ Cari5698 (2020)

"Did you [see how] [orange] that girl is?" "Yeah, shes a [tangerine]..." ❋ Jimmy J7459 (2009)

[Whoah]! Dude! Isn't she hot? [No way] man, She's a [tangerine]. ❋ Bittles (2009)

[Hey look], a [tangerine] [yum]. ❋ Bean Boy. (2021)

"[Would you like to] [try] a tangerine?" ❋ Dr Know-it-all (2005)

Bro - "Hey man, you see [Jessica]? She's [wasted] man." Bro 2 - "Nah, she's just a [tangerine]." ❋ Not Andy Dick (2010)

Janet to Jill: I gave Bobby a [Tangerine] last night when we [snuck up] on a [hippo] at the zoo! ❋ Jokerwild69 (2006)