Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lightning; flash.
- To seek; search for; inquire.
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- noun
Lightning ;flash of lightning; a flash. - verb transitive, intransitive To
seek ;search for;inquire .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I put water on to boil and go searching for a coffee cup; instead I find a stack of porcelain bowls and am reminded that the French still drink their café-au-lait from a bol* just as they still eat their cake with a spoon and not a fork.
mother-in-law 2010
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I put water on to boil and go searching for a coffee cup; instead I find a stack of porcelain bowls and am reminded that the French still drink their café-au-lait from a bol* just as they still eat their cake with a spoon and not a fork.
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I put water on to boil and go searching for a coffee cup; instead I find a stack of porcelain bowls and am reminded that the French still drink their café-au-lait from a bol* just as they still eat their cake with a spoon and not a fork.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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I put water on to boil and go searching for a coffee cup; instead I find a stack of porcelain bowls and am reminded that the French still drink their café-au-lait from a bol* just as they still eat their cake with a spoon and not a fork.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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S. France, where we were unexpectedly given a beautiful rose with our cafe au lait.
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Pour cacher mon fou-rire, je pars faire chauffer du lait; j'apporte le beurre et des tartines de pain tout juste grillé.
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TAKING A SIP OF his café au lait, Field Agent Richard Purcell folded back the front page of the Times-Picayune and scanned the headlines.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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But as my niece is getting married in August, possibly on a family cruise to the Bahamas, I must refrain from les patates et oeufs regularly and be true to my cornflakes au lait 2%.
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TAKING A SIP OF his café au lait, Field Agent Richard Purcell folded back the front page of the Times-Picayune and scanned the headlines.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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And like that, I sipped my café-au-lait and watched Jean-Claude point out rosy details in the old, dark photos.
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