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praline
CIDE DICTIONARY
praline, n. [F.].
A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
"Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
praline, n. a sweet made by browning nuts in boiling sugar.
Etymology
F f. Marshal de Plessis- Praslin, Fr. soldier d. 1675, whose cook invented it
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