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Definition of Eclair
1. Noun. Oblong cream puff.
Definition of Eclair
1. Noun. An oblong chocolate covered creme filled pastry, usually larger than a French éclair. ¹
2. Noun. A small chocolate covered creme filled pastry puff in a general oblong shape, typically larger than the miniature French version. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eclair
1. a type of pastry [n -S] - See also: pastry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclair
Literary usage of Eclair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The " Ouest-eclair>rhas a wide circulation in Catholic Brittany. The departments
of the South have no Catholic journal capable of combating seriously with ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1846)
"It will be remembered that the eclair arrived at the island of Buena Vista on
the 21st August 1845 ; that permission was obtained to land the crew on the ..."
3. A Residence at Sierra Leone: Described from a Journal Kept on the Spot, and by Elizabeth Melville, Elizabeth Colville Colville of Culross, Caroline Sheridan Norton (1849)
"HMS " eclair " — First ... We heard, towards the end of October, of the fearful
mortality on board the eclair, and of the communication between her and the ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"... Fever Epidemic on Board Her Majesty's Ship eclair, and at Boa Vista in the
Cape De Verde Islands. By J. 0. ..."
5. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1847)
"... which prevailed on board the " eclair," from the time of ... fever raging
thero had been introduced by the eclair, or was of local and endemic origin. ..."
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