pêche Melba
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The waitress recommends the pêche Melba, and in the soft murmurs and good-natured buoyancy of Chez Napoléon, the conversation turns lighter.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
When my heart feels like a pêche Melba.
From Time Magazine Archive
She regarded her pêche Melba with a frown.
From A Chair on the Boulevard by Merrick, Leonard
"It's a queer thing," he began à propos of nothing, abstractedly toying with his pêche Melba and lapsing into thoughtful silence again.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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