tompouces

Noun

tompouce (countable and uncountable, plural tompouces)

1. A pastry from the Netherlands resembling mille-feuille.
   • Because their royal dynasty is the House of Orange, locals don’t paint the town red, but orange. They also dress themselves and often their pets in orange, paint their faces orange and wear orange wigs; even tompouce – the popular local, cream-filled pastries – get orange icing on the day.2017 January 23, Pat Richardson, “12 bucket list cruise holidays (one for each month of the year)”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...