Fameuse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fameuse
1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous
Example Sentences
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Vermonters call it "oldfashioned" because it has so many varieties�high-flavored Spitzenburg, hardy Wealthies, late-ripening Fameuse, good-cooking Greenings, fine-for-cider Russets, as well as English Pippins and an Australian species.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have tried and discarded Yellow Transparent, Rambo, Fameuse, and others.
From The Apple by Various
"Fameuse, sa beauté, comme son omelette," as gravely added our driver.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman
It did not appear at first, says the author of the Fameuse Com�dienne, that time had greatly modified the hostility with which Mlle.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
The Baldwin, Fameuse, Northern Spy and Red Canada are particularly subject to this disease, and it is much more troublesome in moist seasons than when the weather is dry.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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