flageolet
noun
a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
flageolets
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pluralof flageolet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was in September, so all the ingredients were in season: courgettes, tomatoes, green beans, peas, basil, flageolets – and loads of garlic.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2019
To the west, the neighborhood was older, full of businesses like Le Cristal, a grotty, busy brasserie where a creaky-voiced waitress served me roast lamb in a flood of flageolets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2011
She also cooks dinner at home around 6:30, relying on bourgeois fare like gigot with flageolets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cook your beans, whether French beans or haricots or flageolets, and stir them, when tender, into a good thick bechamel sauce.
From The Belgian Cookbook by Various
There, in their scarlet cart, the bandsmen tuned Bugles that whinnied, flageolets that crooned And strings that whined and grunted.
From King Cole by John Masefield
