pâté de foie gras
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Etymology
Origin of pâté de foie gras
1820–30; < French: goose-liver pâté
Example Sentences
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He has thus provided himself with a meal from Fauchon, the Paris caterer: pâté de foie gras and Anatolian figs.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Wasn't pâté de foie gras made from the livers of geese?
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013
And if you take a bottle or two of champagne, and a pâté de foie gras, I shall not mind if I make one of the party, and show you the objects of interest.”
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
"We admit the vintage champagne, and the pâté de foie gras, but that Countess stuff has been overdone."
From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell
We have slowly evolved a tongue and palate on the one hand, and French cooks and pâté de foie gras on the other.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
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