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florentine
/ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
noun 5adj 3
Collocations
3VERB + FLORENTINE
building
FLORENTINE + NOUN
basement, butcher, luca, menoni
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
adj
1
Cooked or served with spinach.
Eggs florentine is on the menu.
noun
1
A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.
2
A kind of durable silk.
3
A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
adj
1
Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
2
A locality in the Central Highlands council area and the Derwent Valley council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
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Eggs florentine is on the menu.
Wiktionary02
They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.
Wiktionary03
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
Wiktionary04
The safety of Florence, which means even more than the welfare of Florentines, now demands severity, as it once demanded mercy.
Wiktionary05
The building is not Florentine in the basement, Milanese in the middle stories, and Venetian at the top.
Tatoeba · #1189944906
Third-generation Florentine butcher Luca Menoni, with Antoinette Mazzaglia, explains to tourists how he selects the meats for which the city is famous.
Tatoeba · #12264274Usage Notes
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