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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
  • Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's ''In Search of Lost Time'').

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Proper noun:

  • female|from=French, the fr form of Magdalene.

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