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  • noun Plural form of flambee.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flambee.

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Examples

  • 'I hear the power of your bananas flambees made Gareth oversleep.'

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • 'I hear the power of your bananas flambees made Gareth oversleep.'

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • The poires flambees were a great success, partly because of the brandy, and partly because Miss

    Of Human Bondage 1919

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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