boudin

[ boo-dan ]

/ buˈdɛ̃ /

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noun, plural bou·dins

[boo-dan; English boo-danz]. /buˈdɛ̃; English buˈdɛ̃z/. French Cooking.

a blood sausage (boudin noir ) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc ), made of chicken, pork, or veal.

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Origin of boudin

1795–1805, Americanism;<Louisiana French, French: sausage; Old French, of obscure origin

Words nearby boudin

Boucicault, bouclé, bouclée, boudeuse, Boudicca, boudin, boudin blanc, boudin noir, boudoir, boudoir grand, bouffant

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How to use boudin in a sentence

Yet, on Tuesday, voters in San Francisco were deciding whether to boot Boudin, now aged 41, a year-and-a-half before his term as the city’s top prosecutor ends.
Chesa Boudin's Recall Election in San Francisco Is About So Much More Than One Prosecutor|Philip Elliott|June 7, 2022|TIme
Boudin is part of a new wave of Democratic prosecutors implementing more liberal policies at the city level on drug crimes and incarceration.
San Francisco DA claims ‘vast majority’ of Americans have had family behind bars|Salvador Rizzo|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
In 2003, Boudin was released; by 2008 she had landed a coveted teaching position at an Ivy League university.
How 1960s Radicals Ended Up Teaching Your Kids|Michael Moynihan|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Boudin was present, but escaped the explosion and evaded capture.
How 1960s Radicals Ended Up Teaching Your Kids|Michael Moynihan|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was here that Boudin lived and most of the Impressionists came, and round about they found their subjects.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
They were well-known medical men of the city, Drs Pinault and Boudin.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Dr Boudin prescribed an emetic, which produced good effects.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Dr Boudin had said the invalid might have gooseberry syrup with seltzer water.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Boudin bases his assertion on this point on even less tenable grounds.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population|George B. Louis Arner

British Dictionary definitions for boudin (1 of 2)

boudin

/ (French budɛ̃) /

noun

a French version of a black pudding

Word Origin for boudin

C20: French

British Dictionary definitions for boudin (2 of 2)

Boudin

/ (French budɛ̃) /

noun

Eugène (øʒɛn). 1824–98, French painter: one of the first French landscape painters to paint in the open air; a forerunner of impressionism

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