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papillote
[ pap-uh-loht; French pa-pee-yawt ]
noun
- a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
- a wrapping of foil or oiled paper in which food is cooked and served.
papillote
/ ˈpæpɪˌləʊt /
noun
- a paper frill around cutlets, etc
- en papillote(of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papillote1
1740–50; < French, irregular derivative of papillon butterfly. See papillon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papillote1
C18: from French papillon
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Example Sentences
My hair, not naturally curling, had been put in graceful papillote the preceding evening.
From Project Gutenberg
He called the place—like his volume of poems—his "Papillote," his "Curlpaper."
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