café au lait
Britishnoun
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coffee with milk
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a light brown colour
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(as modifier)
café-au-lait brocade
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Example Sentences
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The new range of covers come in seven sizes of four colours: berry, cinnamon, caramel and café au lait.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022
Chanel jackets and croissants dunked in café au lait.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2021
Expect café noir and café au lait with madeleines and quiche, plus pain perdu with strawberry, lime and basil, and fregola sarda risotto with octopus, from a menu that changes frequently.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019
Three grease-free beignets were just $2; the café au lait was $2.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2013
Maman Thibaut has been dosing Amélie with café au lait at the big kitchen table.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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