cep
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cep
1860–65; < French cèpe < Gascon cep mushroom, tree trunk < Latin cip ( p ) us boundary stone, pillar
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The menu includes blue lobster and crab followed by Bresse poultry and a gratin of cep mushrooms prepared, respectively, by French chefs Anne-Sophie Pic and Yannick Alléno.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Avoid dead things and choose the dish with morels, cep or charred broccoli.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2018
“Who else gwine raise her cep me? Aint I raised ev’y one of y’all?”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“Aint nobody works much in dis country cep de boll-weevil, noways,” he says.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Another very bad sign is when the cep pluì sings near the encampment.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
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