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marrons glacés

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mar⋅rons gla⋅cés

[Fr. ma-rawn gla-sey]
–noun
marrons glazed or coated with sugar, eaten as a confection; candied chestnuts.

Origin:
1870–75; < F
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mar·rons gla·cés   (mā-rōɴ' glā-sā')   
pl.n.  Chestnuts glazed with sugar or preserved in vanilla-flavored syrup.

[French : marrons, marrons + glacés, pl. of glacé, glazed.]
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