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manchet
[ man-chit ]
noun
- a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
- Chiefly Dialect. a piece or small loaf of such bread.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of manchet1
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Example Sentences
A miche is a loaf of fine manchet bread, of good quality; see Cotgrave.
Right sir, heres three shillings and sixpence for a pottle and a manchet.
Not without extreme difficulty is a manchet of bread, with or without a drop of wine, procured for the King's Majesty this day.
I have brought a manchet in my pouch, and cheese withal, as I came hurrying; for I thought, she will be hungry.
Cromwell stepped to an aumbry, where there were a glass of wine, a manchet of bread, and a little salt.
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