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nun's fart

nun's fart noun: a small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace) and Belgium.

Noun

nun's fart

  1. (in plural) A small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace) and Belgium.
    Synonyms:
    nun's puff

Synonyms of nun's fart

Origin of nun's fart

Calque of French pet-de-nonne

Questions about nun's fart

What does nun's fart mean?
Nun's fart means a small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace) and Belgium.
What part of speech is nun's fart?
Nun's fart is a noun.

Words near nun's fart in the dictionary

  1. Nun Monkton
  2. nun moth
  3. nun moths
  4. Nun of the Visitation
  5. nun's butter
  6. nun's fart
  7. nun's puff
  8. nun's thread
  9. nun's threads
  10. nun's veiling
  11. nun's veilings

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