batterie de cuisine
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of batterie de cuisine
C18: literally: battery of kitchen
Example Sentences
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The kitchen contains a batterie de cuisine that would flatter a cordon bleu chef.
From Time Magazine Archive
You would have imagined they had been born scullions, they handled the batterie de cuisine so naturally.
From Devereux — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Finally a boy is called to carry the batterie de cuisine, while Omar brandishes a gigantic kettle which he has picked up a little bruised for four shillings.
From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet
It's a pity to spoil the romantically picturesque idea which many have of the French batterie de cuisine, but the before-mentioned fact is more often the case than not.
From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
A little later in his career his method changes: he relies upon his batterie de cuisine as much as ever, but uses some art to conceal the employment of his apparatus.
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham
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