pommes frites
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of pommes frites
Short for pommes de terre frites “fried potatoes”
Example Sentences
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The ricotta, clean and white; the sage as crispy as pommes frites.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2018
From my little window, I could smell pommes frites wafting up, so I constantly craved them.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 28, 2016
Its pommes frites with Dijon mayonnaise, its snails and its burger are still nearly one’s platonic ideals of these things.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2012
That sauce is a delectable dip for the accompanying pommes frites.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2010
We have eaten our last bif-teck aux pommes frites, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
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