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Carte

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Carte  (kärt), Richard D'Oyly 1844-1901.
British theatrical producer associated with the works of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
carte [kɑːt]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) a variant spelling of quarte (in fencing).
Carte [kɑːt]
n
(Biographies) See (Richard) D'Oyly Carte
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Noun1.Cartecarte - a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"
bill of fare, carte du jour, menu, card
bill - a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
a la carte - a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices
prix fixe - a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices
table d'hote - a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price


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I'll give you carte blanche as to what you serve, but it must be of the best.
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Quadroon, with carte blanche on the Slave question); indeed the family estate was much embarrassed, and the income drawn from the borough was of great use to the house of Queen's Crawley.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
de Treville, or whether he should only ask him to give him CARTE BLANCHE for some secret affair.
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