'que
noun
a shortened form of barbecue.
'que
1 American
[kyoo]
/ kju /
noun
Chiefly California.
Que.
2
American
abbreviation
Que.
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of 'que
By shortening
Example Sentences
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You are in the South, so of course you are going to go H.A.M. on 'que.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 2019
You are in the south, so of course you are going to go H.A.M. on 'que.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 3, 2018
Expostulation is useless, even when convenient; the torrent of 'impossible', 'incroyable,' 'que c'est gentil,' 'ravissant,' 'beau' would drown any opposition.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
These are occasions when one does say, in the phrase of her school, 'que la Femme parle!' or what is better, let her act! and how does Consuelo comfort herself on such an emergency?
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert
Augustine, like Rousseau, understood 'que c'est un fatal pr�sent du ciel qu'une ame sensible.'
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
The new QScale data center development in Lévis, Que. is one such project.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2023
She upset three seeded players at the National Bank Open: 13th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, and 14th-seeded Karolina Pliskova in succession.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
The Lasalle, Que., native had several friends and family members in attendance.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
In 1948, Gerard Cote of St. Barnabe, Que., won the Boston Marathon for the fourth time.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2015
Mr. Napoleon A. Comeau, author of Life and Sport on the North Shore, and one who has had fifty years' practical experience within the Labrador area, writes from Godbout River, Que.:
From Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 by Wood, William Charles Henry
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