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- n. Plural form of marmite.
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“The French call them "marmites," meaning a large cooking pot or kettle.”
“And I yarn of fur and feather when the 'marmites' are a-soaring,”
“So then we begin to fill pots and take steaming "marmites" off the fire.”
“Under this we place the "marmites," and all that I can see is one brown or black or wounded hand stretched out into the dim ring of light under the lamp, with a little tin mug held out for soup.”
“As soon as the train arrives I carry out one of my boiling "marmites" to the middle of the stone entrance and ladle out the soup, while a Belgian Sister takes round coffee and bread.”
“marmites," we make coffee and soup for hundreds of men every day.”
“Aunts, uncles, cousins, the belle-mère and the beau-frère spilled out, arms curved around gigantic marmites or flattened beneath fruit tarts.”
“When he died, around 1395, he was buried between his two successive wives, beneath a splendid tombstone, depicted wearing, armor, as befitted a man who had received land and a title from his king, and holding a shield that bore three marmites.46”
“A dozen marmites, in assorted sizes, are sold for 2 frs.”
“Oh, the marmites (big shells) always fall short of one.”
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