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  • He who buys the baguette is entitled to eat the quignon on the way home, so usually the baguette arrives in the kitchen in an already-nibbled state—or, if you have sent a teenaged boy, perhaps in a quarter-eaten state.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

  • THE POINTY PART located on both ends of the baguette is called the quignon.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

  • I always start by eating the quignon (the tip of the baguette) while I'm in the street.

    The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper editor@thestranger.com (Julien Massillon 2010

  • The smart cook must accommodate her family’s quignon factor when planning her daily bakery order.

    JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003

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