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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. A mixture of coffee and hot milk.
  2. n. Coffee and hot milk served in separate jugs as a breakfast drink
  3. n. a light coffee colour

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from French café au lait (literally "coffee with milk") (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Juliette slapped the table with her hand so her café au lait sloshed over the side of her cup, and then continued in a voice on the verge of tears.”

    Simon & Schuster: Bubble in the Bathtub

  • “And then Demon Dexter in madras shorts, gawking at the Eiffel Tower and snarfing café au lait at the Arc de Triomphe?”

    Dexter in the dark

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