Fameuse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fameuse
1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous
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Placards, rich in indicative illustrations of hands all forefingers, point, with a directness never vouchsafed the sinner eager to find the way to right and duty, to the inn of "L'Incomparable, la Fameuse Omelette!"
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
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 L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
A comparative lesson may also be based on selected varieties of autumn apples, such as Fameuse, McIntosh Red, Wealthy, Gravenstein, and St. Lawrence.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Have tried and discarded Yellow Transparent, Rambo, Fameuse, and others.
From The Apple by Various
The Fameuse is not well liked in the South, but popular in the North, etc.
From Apple Growing by M. C. Burritt
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