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
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
“We were thinking of going into town and having a café au lait or something,” Yngve said.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 10, 2016
Three grease-free beignets were just $2; the café au lait was $2.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2013
I know she’s really worried because she hasn’t fixed me breakfast or café au lait.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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