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  • noun Plural form of papillote.

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Examples

  • At night, she curled it into ringlets with little pieces of paper she called papillotes.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • At night, she curled it into ringlets with little pieces of paper she called papillotes.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • At night, she curled it into ringlets with little pieces of paper she called papillotes.

    Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

  • I found lamb tagine, beef bourguignon and Flemish carbonades a kind of beef and beer stew in the dinner party section, mustard chicken stew, steak tartare, lamb and prune meatballs and asparagus and sea bass papillotes elsewhere in the book.

    Chocolate & Zucchini – The Cookbook and Recipe FJK 2007

  • I found lamb tagine, beef bourguignon and Flemish carbonades a kind of beef and beer stew in the dinner party section, mustard chicken stew, steak tartare, lamb and prune meatballs and asparagus and sea bass papillotes elsewhere in the book.

    Archive 2007-06-01 FJK 2007

  • “Good heavens, what has happened!” thought Glorvina, trembling with all the papillotes.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • He was deep in thought as he ate his foie de veau en papillotes, and his wife asked him:

    Maigret and the Bum Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

  • Dover, particularly the female part, who might be twisting their papillotes and talking scandal for want of other amusement, by sending in

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • The Spectator, in olden times, directed its powerful raillery against ladies appearing at the breakfast-table with their hair en papillotes; and The Tatler repeated much that was said upon such a deforming custom.

    A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873

  • Frenchwoman of about thirty, with a number of little black papillotes circling about her head, was now introduced to me; and an animated conversation followed between her and madame.

    The Doctor's Dilemma Hesba Stretton 1871

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