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charlottes russes

charlottes 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 charlottes russes

What is charlottes russes the plural of?
Charlottes russes is the plural of charlotte russe.

Words near charlottes russes in the dictionary

  1. Charlottenberg
  2. Charlottenburg
  3. Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
  4. charlottes
  5. charlottes russe
  6. charlottes russes
  7. Charlottesville
  8. Charlottesvillian
  9. Charlottesvillians
  10. Charlottetonian
  11. Charlottetonians

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