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Definition of Petit four
1. Noun. Small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake.
Definition of Petit four
1. Noun. A small cake generally eaten at the end of a meal or served as part of a large buffet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petit Four
Literary usage of Petit four
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North Coast of France Pilot: Including the Channel Islands by United States Hydrographic Office (1917)
"... which mark leads 550 yards eastward of the petit four, 200 yards eastward of
Giffard Rock, and through Gorey Outer Road. For mid-channel through the ..."
2. Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses by John Ferriar (1798)
"... que les autres peuples, parce qu ils disent que le pain est meilleur cuit tn
un grand four qu en un petit, le pain cuit en un petit four ne cuisant pas ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is small in quantity (scarcely exceeding, according to Petit, four or five
grains in weight), has an alkaline reaction, in composition is little more ..."
4. Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Antiquities, Curiosities, and Appliances by Caxton Celebration, London, 1877, George Bullen (1877)
"... Kerver; Lenoir; Marechal; M. Martin Morin; Parcus; Plato de Benedictis ; Petit,
four ; Roy and Pernot; ..."
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