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Malakoff|ˈmæləkɒf|
[The name of a fortification erected by the Russians at Sevastopol, and captured by the French, 8 Sept., 1855.]
†1. A crinoline. Obs. [So in Fr.: see Le Figaro 22 Sept. 1885, 1/3.]
1861Lady Chatterton Mem. Ld. Gambier I. ii. 27 Englishwomen have witnessed the superior circumference of their Gallic sisters, in the palmy days of ‘Malakoffs’.
2. A particular form of four-handed dominoes.
1870Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Nov. 671 Calling the restricted game the ‘Malakoff’, leaving the wider game the old title of Sebastopol.
3. (See quot.)
1883Simmonds Dict. Usef. Anim., Malakoff, a small round cream cheese made in Gournay, France. |