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dernier cri

[ dern-yey kree, durn-; French der-nyey kree ]

noun

  1. the latest fashion; last word.


dernier cri

/ dɛrnje kri /

noun

  1. the latest fashion; the last word


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dernier cri1

1895–1900; < French: literally, last cry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dernier cri1

literally: last cry

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Example Sentences

That was the most noticeable thing about her, the dernier cri worn with style and distinction.

We are the final word, or as the French express it, the last cry, le dernier cri.

It is, in fact, the last word—dernier cri—in gentlemanly attire.

Ive got the dernier cri in greenhorns in my cabin, she told her group on deck.

The slang, the allusions, the incidents—they are all dernier cri.

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