coquille
noun
any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
coquilles
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pluralof coquille.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tonight’s recipe is a Canlis salad with bread, to save time to get ahead on Friday’s recipe for make-ahead coquilles St.-Jacques.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2016
The French tried in 1995 to prevent markets and restaurants from selling imported scallops as coquilles St. Jacques--but Canada, with support from the U.S.,
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. X tells Nan that Grayer likes steamed kale and coquilles St. Jacques.
From Time Magazine Archive
A number of Longman's Magazine contains an article on these coquilles, in which very many amusing blunders are quoted.
From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Then Clementine returned to the consideration of the lace in coquilles for her new evening dress.
From Winter Evening Tales by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
