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Cordon bleu   /kˈɔrdən blu/   Listen
Cordon bleu

noun
1.
A chef famous for his great skill.
2.
An honor or award gained for excellence.  Synonym: blue ribbon.



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"Cordon bleu" Quotes from Famous Books



... foundered, short-winded fellow of fifty-five, who was incapable of running twenty paces; but, as he had been born at Bayonne, M. Gillenormand called him Basque. All the female servants in his house were called Nicolette (even the Magnon, of whom we shall hear more farther on). One day, a haughty cook, a cordon bleu, of the lofty race of porters, presented herself. "How much wages do you want a month?" asked M. Gillenormand. "Thirty francs." "What is your name?" "Olympie." "You shall have fifty francs, and you shall ...
— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo



Words linked to "Cordon bleu" :   badge, chef, blue ribbon, veal cordon bleu, chicken cordon bleu



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