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- noun Plural form of
fourchette .
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Examples
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After cutting the large piece for the front and back of the glove, he cut out from the scraps remaining the "fourchettes," or _forks_; that is, the narrow strips that make the sides of the fingers.
Makers of Many Things Eva March Tappan 1892
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La rue reprenait son calme et devenait même presque déserte tandis que le ballet des fourchettes commençait.
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La rue reprenait son calme et devenait même presque déserte tandis que le ballet des fourchettes commençait.
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The table is nicked, scratched, and sullied from enough errant knives and fourchettes* that the surface looks, on second glance, like a wall of faded hieroglyphics.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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The table is nicked, scratched, and sullied from enough errant knives and fourchettes that the surface looks, on second glance, like a wall of faded hieroglyphics.
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The table is nicked, scratched, and sullied from enough errant knives and fourchettes that the surface looks, on second glance, like a wall of faded hieroglyphics.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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La rue reprenait son calme et devenait même presque déserte tandis que le ballet des fourchettes commençait.
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La rue reprenait son calme et devenait même presque déserte tandis que le ballet des fourchettes commençait.
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The table is nicked, scratched, and sullied from enough errant knives and fourchettes that the surface looks, on second glance, like a wall of faded hieroglyphics.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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The table is nicked, scratched, and sullied from enough errant knives and fourchettes that the surface looks, on second glance, like a wall of faded hieroglyphics.
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