crouton

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Jesus H Khrist on a crouton, an apparition of Ruth Bader Ginsburg could appear above a flaming bush telling them they are wrong and they wouldn't get it.

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  1. noun A small crisp piece of toasted or fried bread.

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  • I'll bet they would be awesome topped with minced ahi tuna for an appetizer, or crumbled over nappa cabbage as a better class of crouton. —  Eating L.A.
  • For instance, lobster floats in a grilled cheese crouton atop heirloom tomato soup; is swirled into bacon-and-shiso-wrapped fritters with yuzu crème fraîche; and gets butter-poached and bolstered with chanterelles and a squared crêpe oozing corn pudding. —  Miami New Times | Complete Issue
  • Jesus H Khrist on a crouton, an apparition of Ruth Bader Ginsburg could appear above a flaming bush telling them they are wrong and they wouldn't get it. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • A-Rod, a conditioned athlete who had spent his entire life scrutinizing every crouton on every salad, did this two times a month from 2001 until 2003.
  • -- March 26 / 27: Seasonal Soups ---- Mushroom with sherry, carrot with ginger, French onion with Gruyere cheese crouton
 

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  1. French croûton, diminutive of croûte, crust, from Old French crouste, from Latin crūsta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.
 

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