pâté de foie gras
Americannoun
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pâtés de foie gras
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
The pâté de foie gras is a monstrous dish.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
"We'll come here every day, and bring him nougats and candied violets—" "And some pâté de foie gras, and brandied peaches, and dry Martini cocktails," concluded the Tyro.
From Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage by Raymond Moreau Crosby
You mean that a fellow ought not to make pâté de foie gras out of the goose that lays the golden eggs.—Say,
From The Bachelors A Novel by William Dana Orcutt
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