coquilles St Jacques

[koh-keel san zhak, zhahk; Fr. koh-kee-yuh san zhak]

co·quilles St. Jacques

[koh-keel san zhak, zhahk; Fr. koh-kee-yuh san zhak]
noun French Cookery.
an appetizer of minced scallops in a wine and cream sauce topped with grated cheese and browned under a broiler: usually served in scallop shells.

Origin:
< French: scallops, literally, St. James shells, after the scallop shells worn as badges by pilgrims to shrines of St. James; see coquille
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Coquilles St Jacques is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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