Monte Cristo

[ mon-tee kris-toh ]

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noun

a sandwich containing slices of ham, chicken, and Swiss cheese, dipped in beaten egg and fried until brown.

Prisoners around the world have said that reading The Count of Monte Cristo helped them get through their ordeal.

For we changed our plan, gave up the projected Monte Cristo, and cut it down for a short story.

Besides which, it was my Monte Cristo, bought with my own small savings, and smuggled into school by me at great risk to myself.

He was to have given up Monte Cristo to me at half‑past two, and here it was twenty minutes to three!

I may remark here on the peculiar difficulty there is in playing Monte Cristo with anything like picturesque grace.

On the other hand, it was well known that his contest with Morse for the Monte Cristo was up for a hearing.

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