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Brie|briː|
Also brie.
A kind of soft cheese made in Brie, an agricultural district in the north of France.
[1848Thackeray Van. Fair li. 453 An assembly..attended by the Duchess (Dowager) of Stilton, Duc de la Gruyère,..Marchese Alessandro Strachino, Comte de Brie.] 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 456 The principal kinds of cheese at present known in commerce... Camembert, Parmesan, Gruyère, Brie, Roquefort [etc.]. 1951M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael vi. i. 276 Wives..took the bus to Fenswick in search of brie, because Mrs. Beauclerc had discovered a shop there which stocked imported cheeses. |