Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The eleventh month of the French republican calendar (see
calendar ), beginning, in 1794, on July 19th, and ending August 17th.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under
vendémiaire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat
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Examples
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Christianity sounds simple, but then there’s also God and the Holy Ghost and Mary and consider that the whole thing started-off with just 10 commandments and before you know it eating lobster thermidor is as big a sin as wearing certain fabric combinations but incest is okay if you are drunk and a;; this whatnot.
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And then re-introduced to it on the half shell, glazed with a thermidor sauce, decorated with crisp, salty sprigs of samphire, all of which makes you want to lick the shell clean, to dig your tongue into every nook and cranny.
Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh Jay Rayner 2010
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When we prepare (and, by default, reinterpret) a classic lobster thermidor, communicating with its 1891 inception on the Boulevard Saint-Denis in Paris, we are in effect creating our own elegy, our own dramatic monologue of the gustatory sort, the dead speaking to us in vocables and edibles and, dare I say, tongues.
Poetry And Food 2010
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She told Chandler to pull over, pull over now, and he did and then watched her finally puke salad and lobster thermidor all over the curb in front of the House of Blues.
Babylon Nights Daniel Depp 2010
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When we prepare (and, by default, reinterpret) a classic lobster thermidor, communicating with its 1891 inception on the Boulevard Saint-Denis in Paris, we are in effect creating our own elegy, our own dramatic monologue of the gustatory sort, the dead speaking to us in vocables and edibles and, dare I say, tongues.
Poetry And Food 2010
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Then we might just see them eat not a meal of foie gras and lobster thermidor but a plate of crow followed by a large serving of Humble Pie.
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Then we might just see them eat not a meal of foie gras and lobster thermidor but a plate of crow followed by a large serving of Humble Pie.
Archive 2007-10-07 2007
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Today some conservatives think the Gingrich revolution entered its thermidor phase five days after the election.
The Restoration 2008
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Some of them worry that their revolution has already entered its "" thermidor '' phase.
The Restoration 2008
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Contrary to a certain lady reporter, none of the creatures ate bananas -- and none insisted on lobster thermidor.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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