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dernier cri

[ dern-yey kree, durn-; French der-nyey kree ]

noun

  1. the latest fashion; last word.


dernier cri

/ dɛrnje kri /

noun

  1. the latest fashion; the last word
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dernier cri1

1895–1900; < French: literally, last cry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dernier cri1

literally: last cry
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Example Sentences

But there is something pretty hilarious about the reaction against them, which has gone so far that a royal sloane wearing a textbook example of a sloaney dress is now deemed the dernier cri in fashion.

To compound the bafflement, the Cranberries had been championed by American MTV while touring second on the bill to Suede, then very much considered the dernier cri in British alternative rock: why on earth had they been overlooked in favour of their support act?

For Mr. Eidinger, who presents his character’s gnarled frame as if it were the dernier cri in high fashion, is a Richard who is so utterly and aggressively upfront about who he is and what he plans that it’s hard to take him seriously at first.

Certainly, Garry has been provided with an ideal playpen of a London apartment, designed by David Zinn as the dernier cri in Mayfair Bohemian chic.

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.

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