hors d'oeuvre
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On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Come here. I want you to meet my friends. We're all having an hors-d'oeuvre."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Mr. Smith received and ate, all alone, the hors-d'oeuvre, entrées, rôti and legumes that constituted the repast.
From In the Year 2889 by Verne, Jules
Cervelas, saucissons, as well as smoked sausages, are pork-butchers' preparations, cut slantwise in very thin slices, and served as hors-d'oeuvre, with parsley in the middle of the dish.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
Cucumbers, 321. in hors-d'oeuvre, 322. pickled, 355. in salad, 350. stuffed, 322.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
