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  • noun Plural form of pate.

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Examples

  • The First Consul laughed, called him a gourmand, and, patting him on the shoulder, said, "Do not distress yourself, my dear Cambaceres; the couriers shall continue to bring you your 'dindes aux truffes', your Strasburg 'pates', your Mayence hams, and your other titbits."

    The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

  • Cambaceres; the couriers shall continue to bring you your 'dindes aux truffes', your Strasburg 'pates', your Mayence hams, and your other titbits. "

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • Cambaceres; the couriers shall continue to bring you your 'dindes aux truffes', your Strasburg 'pates', your Mayence hams, and your other titbits. "

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 05 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • Cambaceres; the couriers shall continue to bring you your 'dindes aux truffes', your Strasburg 'pates', your Mayence hams, and your other titbits. "

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • And if I really was serious about learning how to make pates and terrines this winter, he could easily supply me with as much goose liver as I wanted or needed.

    Elissa Altman: The Real L Word Elissa Altman 2010

  • A technician in a coffee stained lab coat watches as his colleague removes the electrodes from their shaven pates and wipes away the conductive saline gel.

    365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Then it will be blow for blow, hand-to-hand, and the strongest pates and arms will win.

    CHAPTER XLIV 2010

  • A technician in a coffee stained lab coat watches as his colleague removes the electrodes from their shaven pates and wipes away the conductive saline gel.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • And if I really was serious about learning how to make pates and terrines this winter, he could easily supply me with as much goose liver as I wanted or needed.

    Elissa Altman: The Real L Word Elissa Altman 2010

  • And if I really was serious about learning how to make pates and terrines this winter, he could easily supply me with as much goose liver as I wanted or needed.

    Elissa Altman: The Real L Word Elissa Altman 2010

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