cadeaun.
A present or gift.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
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1808 Wynne Diaries 10 Dec. (1940) III. 321 He has brought..a very handsome joint Cadeau to us of a Silver Tea Urn.
1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. (ed. 2) II. 320 Sheridan..selected certainly not the worst for the cadeau.
1840 R. H. Barham Bagman's Dog in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 332 If there seems any chance of a little cadeau, A ‘Present from Brighton’, or ‘Token’ to show.
1882 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 13 A cadeau from his Highness.
1885 Where Chineses Drive 141 Some little present as a New Year's Cadeau.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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