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bouillotte table
noun
, French Furniture.
- a small round table of the 18th century, having around its top a gallery within which a bouchon could be set for the playing of card games.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bouillotte table1
< French bouillotte card game, equivalent to bouill ( ir ) to boil 1 + -otte noun suffix
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Example Sentences
Arthur promised to say nothing about it, and soon forgot the whole affair in the excitement of a bouillotte-table.
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