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petit four
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synonyms: mignardise ???
tags: [food]
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Definition:A small cake generally eaten at the end of a meal or served as part of a large buffet.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealikehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/' rel='noopener external ' target='_blank'>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
photo: By Wolfgang Meinhart, Hamburg CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )]
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"... best darn petit four I've ever tasted! Deena, you might be the most talented cook in the League!" Hilly stuffs the rest of the cake in her mouth, nodding and mm-mming.
Kathryn Stockett. The Help, p.102 (2009)
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Hyacinth: We must never let Rose bring a Butterfield here, we should arrange a little meeting at home. I could surround him with coffee and petits fours and you could talk to him intelligently.BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: A Picnic for Daddy
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Vesta Adcock had an afternoon party for her Eastern Star ladies, and served petit fours.
Fannie Flagg. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, p.150 (1987)
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He held out his hand, and I shook it clumsily with my left, which was holding a petit four, but seemed better than my right, which was holding a hot cup of coffee.
Ruth Ware. The Woman in Cabin 10, p.210 (2016)
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