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- noun Plural form of
pilaff .
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Examples
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The hotel diet was peculiarly Spanish; already the stews and 'pilaffs'
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Why not import some of these sterner conceptions into our morality, as we import their peppery curries and kouskous and pilaffs into our cuisine?
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910
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Bulbul's dinners are, I own, very good; his pilaffs and curries excellent.
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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_kahabs_ and _pilaffs_ of chicken are good, but their appearance is not appetising and they are too satisfying.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885
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Bulbul’s dinners are, I own, very good; his pilaffs and curries excellent.
Our Street 2006
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We had delicate cucumbers stuffed with forced-meats; yellow smoking pilaffs, the pride of the Oriental cuisine; kid and fowls a l’Aboukir and a la Pyramide: a number of little savoury plates of legumes of the vegetable-marrow sort: kibobs with an excellent sauce of plums and piquant herbs.
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