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Definition of Cornichon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornichon
Literary usage of Cornichon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"For one moment his resource failed him—for that pulsing moment when Madame
cornichon said slily, "Curb your impatience, monseigneur. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"For one moment his resource failed him-—for that pulsing moment when Madame
cornichon said slily, "Curb your impatience, monseigneur. ..."
3. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"When Madame cornichon, aproned and bare-armed to the elbows, ... Madame cornichon,
happy in the bolt she had let fall in her little domestic pool, watching, ..."
4. The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford (1900)
"Neither of the lovers slept that night—cornichon from joy at returning home, ...
It was hopeless for cornichon to try to console her during the journey with ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"Perhaps la Veuve cornichon—a good woman, too, but her wine newer than I like it.
Why, Madame cornichon has not been in the cellar above two years. ..."
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