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Examples
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I have a dreadful headache, and I cannot see any more, except to tell you that I love you, and should much like to see you in your 'piquante' costume.
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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He looked with aversion at her faded, but still "piquante," ironical,
A House of Gentlefolk Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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We also liked the gator croquettes, crunchy golf-ball-size fritters that are described on the menu thus: "House-made bacon, bechamel, sauce piquante."
Candy Sagon on Mokomandy: Unusual partners make a nice team Candy Sagon 2010
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Les filets de Soles aux Truffes blanches, Sauce piquante.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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Forget namby pamby "Sweetie Pie" -- "Ma Petite Puce" is so much more ... piquante!
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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This was the case even with the spouses of the Prophet; and his biography notices several occasions when his wives waived their rights in favour of one another M. Riche kindly provides the King with la piquante francaise (p. 15).
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Peppadews are a tasty South African variety of piquante pepper which you can buy in a jar.
Archive 2008-11-01 MissPrism 2008
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I like piquante edges cranberries, pickled walnuts, peppadew- slivered or pureed as a base, capers.
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Forget namby pamby "Sweetie Pie" -- "Ma Petite Puce" is so much more ... piquante!
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Forget namby pamby "Sweetie Pie" -- "Ma Petite Puce" is so much more ... piquante!
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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