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langouste

[ lahn-goost; English lahng-goost ]

noun

French.
plural langoustes


langouste

/ lɒŋˈɡuːst; ˈlɒŋɡuːst /

noun

  1. another name for the spiny lobster
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of langouste1

French, from Old Provençal langosta, perhaps from Latin ōܲٲ lobster, locust
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Her "Modern Cookery For Teaching and the Trade: Volume 2" resounds with the minutiae of French dishes like salmis of pheasant and langouste à la parisienne.

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Seated at a table for two in Jacob’s favourite corner at the Ritz grill-room, she ordered langouste with mayonnaise, a French chicken with salad, an artichoke, a vanilla ice, and some wonderful forced strawberries.

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Lobster as here served to take the place of the French langouste, tastes much like deviled lobster.

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You take a cooking-pot and put your langouste in it, together with four spoonfuls of olive-oil, an onion and a couple of tomatoes, and boil away until he turns red.

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“Langostas does mean langouste—or lobsters, I suppose, sir?” asked Ropes.

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