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Flambeau
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —n , pl -beaux, -beaus | |
| 1. | a burning torch, as used in night processions |
| 2. | a large ornamental candlestick |
| [C17: from Old French: torch, literally: a little flame, from flambe | |
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flambeau
also flambeaux, 1630s, from Fr. flambeau, from flambe flame (see flambe).
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