dernier cri
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dernier cri
1895–1900; < French: literally, last cry
Example Sentences
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The man and his plan are taken from history; the Spectatorium was to be the showcase of his pageant on Columbus’s discovery of America and the dernier cri in the uses of artificial light.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2017
Bumpy vertebrae are the dernier cri in 2017!
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2016
When the original version of this play, written by Langdon Mitchell, made its New York debut in 1906, it was widely considered the dernier cri in social satire.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2011
In a style so well turned that epigrams seemed pure condescension, Gen�t has written of everything Parisian from the dernier cri to the derni�re crise without slipping from a fashionable tone.
From Time Magazine Archive
They say Sixth Avenue and the Bowery keep The dernier cri that once was far from cheap; Green Veils, one season chic—Department stores Mark down in vain—no profits shall they reap.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various
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