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  1. transitive verb To cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking.
  2. transitive verb To trim fat or bone from (a chop, for example).
  3. transitive verb Slang To give a French kiss to.

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  • -- They might be doling out pink slips in Windsor and watching as their french-fry cooking oil gets cold in chip trucks across cottage country, but things are certainly looking up in this Northern Ontario border town.
  • [Me: "What's the only word in french which is masculine and still, ends with 'ette'?"] —  Balderdash
  • Harry Potter 5 - french (yanislikesoccer) magnet link —  Mininova
  • In New Orleans we have something called a french fry po'boy. —  Montreal Metblogs
  • Now it is like suppose France is Part of England and Germans are killing french, the french have to depend on England to sav their own race .... but in reality being an independant state they do not have to depend on England .... —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
 

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toujours · personne · suivants · coeur · risques · oursinade · poisson · escamotage · épicentre · moderniste · ménager la chèvre et le chou

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