café noir
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
It was, then, a spectacle, from our removed point of view, the gathering of the poetic multitude around the café tables, over the Dubonnet, the grenadines, and the café noir, of a Tuesday evening.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden
The other morning I was lying quietly in bed, waiting for the bonne to fetch my café noir, when a most extraordinary sound caught my ear.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various
He ordered two cups of café noir, and waited, with his head from the window.
From The Room in the Dragon Volant by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Mais vraiment, you shall drink café noir to-night.
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
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