Cassoulet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat. countable, uncountable

    "He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites."

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stew

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"He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet.

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