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‖ marron glacé|marɔ̃ glase|
[F. marron chestnut + glacé a.]
A sweetmeat consisting of a chestnut preserved in syrup.
1871Leisure Hour 23 Sept. 600/1 ‘Marrons glacées’ appeared at the confectioners’. 1875All Year Round 2 Jan. 279/2 Old women are..preparing chestnuts for their..destinies as ‘marrons glacés’, &c. 1880G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1882) I. 57 Did my stock-in-trade comprise a few marrons glacés, so much the better for my youthful patroness. 1904A. Bennett Great Man v. 45 ‘A pound of marrons glacés.’..‘What are they?’..‘Taste.’..‘It's like chestnuts,’ Harry mumbled through the delicious brown frosted morsel. 1906Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 210 Oranges, bits of banana, and marron[s] glacés. 1925C. Sidgwick Humming-Bird xviii. 188 Behind the loaded counter the proprietor and his assistants were weighing chocolates and marrons glacés. 1967‘L. Black’ Two Ladies in Verona ii. 18 A low table garnished with..an enormous box of marrons glacés. 1973Times 1 Dec. 14/1 Marrons glacés. 14 oz. tins. 2 for {pstlg}5.20... Marrons in syrup. Large whole chestnuts in extra heavy syrup..18 oz. tins. 3 for {pstlg}5.25. |