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galantines

galantines is the plural of galantine.

Meaning of galantine

Noun

galantine (plural galantines)

  1. (historical) A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.
    • ‘Have some galantine. I'm going to. Your sole's cold.’1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 98
  2. A dish of boned, often stuffed meat (or fish) that has been boiled, and is served cold with its jelly.
    • Of how many creams, jellies, salads, peaches, white soups, grapes, pates, galantines, cups of tea, champagne, and so forth, Lady Clavering partook, it does not become us to say.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Questions about galantines

What is galantines the plural of?
Galantines is the plural of galantine.

Words near galantines in the dictionary

  1. galanthamine
  2. galanthaminium
  3. galanthophile
  4. galanthophiles
  5. galantine
  6. galantines
  7. galanty show
  8. galanty shows
  9. Galapageian
  10. galapago
  11. Galapago Islands

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