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Vinaigrette   Listen
noun
Vinaigrette  n.  
1.
(Cookery) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, used esp. for cold meats.
2.
A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
3.
A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man. (R.)





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"Vinaigrette" Quotes from Famous Books



... eyes followed the retreating figures and when the last had closed the door she turned away. It was evident that she was making unnatural efforts to subdue her anger; she fanned herself, smelled at her vinaigrette and walked up and down. Gondy, who began to feel uneasy, examined the tapestry with his eyes, touched the coat of mail which he wore under his long gown and felt from time to time to see if the handle of a good Spanish dagger, ...
— Twenty Years After • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... at once to the conclusion that the child's vagabond relations had fetched him away, and she became rigid with alarm. But Miss Betty rushed out into the shrubbery, and Miss Kitty took a whiff of her vinaigrette and ...
— Tales from Many Sources - Vol. V • Various
... have failed in sense, in tact, in capacity, and they deserve their fate. Are they not queens in France? They can play with you as they like, when they like, and as much as they like." Here she danced her vinaigrette with an airy movement of feminine impertinence and mocking gayety. "I have often heard miserable little specimens of my sex regretting that they were women, wishing they were men; I have always regarded them with pity. If I had to choose, I should ...
— The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan • Honore de Balzac
... for struggle, whether physical or moral, his muscles indicating strength, and his face, obstinacy. For the rest, a noble bearing, great elegance of manners, scented like a dandy, carrying, either from caprice or luxury, a bottle of English smelling-salts, or a silver-gilt vinaigrette containing the ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere


Words linked to "Vinaigrette" :   dressing, sauce vinaigrette


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