marron glacén.
/ˌmarɒn ˈɡlaseɪ/, U.S. /məˈrɑn ɡləˈseɪ/ A chestnut preserved in and coated with sugar or syrup, as a sweet.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > preserve > [noun] > other preserves
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marron glacé1871
1871 Leisure Hour 23 Sept. 600/1 ‘Marrons glacées’ appeared at the confectioners'.
1875 All Year Round 2 Jan. 279/2 Old women are..preparing chestnuts for their..destinies as ‘marrons glacés’, &c.
1904 A. Bennett Great Man v. 45 ‘A pound of marrons glacés.’..‘What are they?’..‘Taste.’..‘It's like chestnuts,’ Harry mumbled through the delicious brown frosted morsel.
1925 C. Sidgwick Humming-bird xviii. 188 Behind the loaded counter the proprietor and his assistants were weighing chocolates and marrons glacés.
1967 ‘L. Black’ Two Ladies in Verona ii. 18 A low table garnished with..an enormous box of marrons glacés.
1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. c3/6 Both Splendido and Terra are serving Gelato Gresco's marrons glacées ice cream.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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