madame
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To mix it up, served with a fried egg on top and - voila - you have a croque madame.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Mr. Cole had at first tried out a number of stage names, from Sally Stanford, after the San Francisco madame who later became the mayor of Sausalito, to just plain Walter.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
For something more substantial, there is a seafood tower to share, along with a Parisian-centric menu that includes a croque madame sandwich, duck confit and pâté served with baguettes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
If you've eaten homemade macaroni and cheese, a classic croque madame, or lasagna, chances are you've experienced the rich creaminess of Béchamel.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2022
Danielle says, “No, madame, I am from Belgium.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
So I spent my summer there looking for burgers, and not laughing, and eating these croque madames that tasted like soot, because I kept going to a workman’s cafe where everyone smoked, especially the cook.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2012
Many arts of indirection were employed by eligible madames, monsieurs, and visiting notables of both sexes to remove that invisible yet formidable barrier of reserve.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
It did not fit any of the madames who were in the restaurant at the time.
From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson
Nowadays, madames or housekeepers have a punch similar to those used by railroad conductors.
From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson
The following is a picture of things as they were:—"The madames on board, occupy the few days which elapse before landing in preparing the most dazzling effect, on their descent upon the Australian shore."
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
Ladies and gentlemen, messieurs et mesdames, le cheeseburger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
But from a Scottish perspective this now has the appearance of a bizarre game of high stakes poker between mesdames May and Sturgeon.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2017
And Paul H. Canada, the costume designer, wickedly dresses Molière’s mesdames in cartoon couture.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2014
Je vous prie d'agréer, mesdames, messieurs, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués", while across the Channel we'll be concluding our correspondence with "Laters, yeah?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2013
Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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