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charlotte russes

charlotte russes is the plural of charlotte russe.

Meaning of charlotte russe

Noun

charlotte russe (plural charlottes russes or charlottes russe or charlotte russes)

  1. A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers.
    • And Mrs. Newcome was not unkind: and if Clive had been really a young duke, I am sure he would have had the best bed-room at Marble Hill, and not one of the far-off little rooms in the boys' wing; I am sure he would have had jellies and Charlottes Russes, instead of mere broth, chicken and batter...1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Clive’s Uncles”, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC, page 51

Questions about charlotte russes

What is charlotte russes the plural of?
Charlotte russes is the plural of charlotte russe.

Words near charlotte russes in the dictionary

  1. Charlotte Court House
  2. Charlotte Cove
  3. Charlotte Harbor
  4. Charlotte Pass
  5. charlotte russe
  6. charlotte russes
  7. Charlottean
  8. Charlotteans
  9. Charlottenberg
  10. Charlottenburg
  11. Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

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