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- noun Plural form of
flambee . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
flambee .
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Examples
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'I hear the power of your bananas flambees made Gareth oversleep.'
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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'I hear the power of your bananas flambees made Gareth oversleep.'
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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The poires flambees were a great success, partly because of the brandy, and partly because Miss
Of Human Bondage 1919
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The poires flambees were a great success, partly because of the brandy, and partly because Miss Chalice insisted that they should be eaten with the cheese.
Of Human Bondage 1915
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The feast consisted of a pot-au-feu, which Miss Chalice had made, of a leg of mutton roasted round the corner and brought round hot and savoury (Miss Chalice had cooked the potatoes, and the studio was redolent of the carrots she had fried; fried carrots were her specialty); and this was to be followed by poires flambees, pears with burning brandy, which Cronshaw had volunteered to make.
Of Human Bondage 1915
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Chalice had cooked the potatoes, and the studio was redolent of the carrots she had fried; fried carrots were her specialty); and this was to be followed by poires flambees, pears with burning brandy, which
Of Human Bondage 1919
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