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Normandy|ˈnɔːməndɪ|
[Name of a region of northern France.]
Normandy butter: butter made in Normandy. Also ellipt.
1902J. T. Law Grocer's Man. (ed. 2) 632/2 Normandy butter. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File ii. 19, I..bought..some Normandy butter and garlic sausage. 1973Guardian 26 Jan. 9/1 ‘Butter is half the price here, even French butter,’ she said, packing pounds of best cream Normandy into her shopping trolley. 1975R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter i. 5 There was still a slab of Sainsbury's Normandy butter.
b. Normandy vellum, a strong, hand-made paper designed to imitate the qualities of parchment.
1935S. Beckett Echo's Bones, This edition is limited to 327 copies of which 25 on Normandy vellum signed by the author are numbered 1 to xxv. 1968Amer. N. & Q. VI. 158/1 There were only 212 copies [of the magazine Pages] of which 12..are on Normandy vellum. |