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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Ten fingers, 10 toes, steady breathing, good tone, strong cry, no defects, two small café au lait spots on her thigh—just beauty marks.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023
The new range of covers come in seven sizes of four colours: berry, cinnamon, caramel and café au lait.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
A self-styled intellectual who worshipped New Wave cinema, he adored his mother, a reader of classical French literature with whom he would linger for hours in the morning over café au lait, croissants, and cigarettes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
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
She had just woken up and was having her breakfast: a croissant and café au lait delivered from downstairs.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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