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foie gras

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Noun1.foie gras - a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles
pate de foie gras
pate - liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
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This consists of a simple gros de laine, trimmed with ashes of roses, with overskirt of scare bleu ventre saint gris, cut bias on the off-side, with facings of petit polonaise and narrow insertions of pa^te de foie gras backstitched to the mise en sce`ne in the form of a jeu d'esprit.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
When he is well his appetite is truly wonderful--nothing comes amiss to him, sir, from pate de foie gras to potatoes.
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
At a grand diplomatic dinner given by his chief, he had started up and declared that a pate de foie gras was poisoned.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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