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Monte Cristo

American  
[mon-tee kris-toh] / ˈmɒn ti ˈkrɪs toʊ /

noun

  1. a sandwich containing slices of ham, chicken, and Swiss cheese, dipped in beaten egg and fried until brown.


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Nearly every week, I pass a colleague in the office who taunts me with four words: “Count of Monte Cristo, Count of Monte Cristo,” as he shakes his head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

“I immediately fell head over heels for my parents,” Foster said, adding that he had brought some foraged greenery from the actual Monte Cristo cottage as a talisman.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

Like her, he wrote gothic fiction, and his well-known novel The Count of Monte Cristo was serialised in a Parisian weekly newspaper in the 1840s.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2022

Third contestant’s response: Who is the Count of Monte Cristo?

From Fox News ● Aug. 20, 2021

Penelope had no interest in revenge, but as a person in the midst of a daring escape herself, The Count of Monte Cristo offered food for thought.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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