langouste
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of langouste
French, from Old Provençal langosta, perhaps from Latin lōcusta lobster, locust
Example Sentences
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Her "Modern Cookery For Teaching and the Trade: Volume 2" resounds with the minutiae of French dishes like salmis of pheasant and langouste à la parisienne.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2021
One way to dip toes in this particular par adise is to take a day trip by plane, swim, see the bird sanctuary, savor the langouste � and lay plans for a longer visit later.
From Time Magazine Archive
It serves such haute cuisine delicacies as langouste Thermidor, filets de s�le Sainte Marie and bananes flamb�es an kirsch.
From Time Magazine Archive
You take a cooking-pot and put your langouste in it, together with four spoonfuls of olive-oil, an onion and a couple of tomatoes, and boil away until he turns red.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Better still are scampi, a kind of small crawfish, rather like tenderer and sweeter langouste.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
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