1805–15; < French: literally, little flower
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I, II, III, 210; with anchovy butter, 210; au beurre noir, 210; à la Livournaise, 211; with Normandy sauce, 211; à la fleurette, 211; salt, Nos.
From How to Cook Fish by Reed, Myrtle
He is more dangerous with the fleurette than many a trooper with broadsword.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
There are many close-ups of materials and tools in Fleurette Estes’s photo essay “Behind the Loom: The Legacy, Heritage & Resilience of Navajo Weaving.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
Stewart drew on those accounts for “Girl Waits With Gun,” which fleshed out some of Constance’s actual adventures, as well as imagining her off-duty life with her two real-life sisters — Norma and Fleurette.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2016
Under the deals, DRC sold copper and cobalt assets to offshore companies linked to an offshore-registered holding company called Fleurette.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2013
A fan as in fanatic, Michener further demonstrates the dread total recall of Jock Lit in reporting his meetings with everybody from Montreal Canadiens Goalie Ken Dryden to Fleurette Rigby, a four-year-old minicar racer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fleurette, too gentle and too miserable for intricate argument, sighed.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec
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