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Word: tres (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...show at the Louvre. The French buzzed and clucked at the outrageousness of the new upstart. After all, who but Kelly could boast that only eight years ago he was peddling his clothes on the sidewalk of the Boulevard St.-Germain, calling out to passersby in a Mississippi drawl, "Tres chic! Pas cher!"? Now he's selling on four continents. "Patrick is refreshing because he isn't trying to be divine," says Mary Ann Wheaton, who runs Kelly's worldwide operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Original American In Paris: PATRICK KELLY | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...patter straight from the melting pot. Often it enters Anglo homes and families through the children, who pick it up at school or at play with their young Hispanic contemporaries. In other cases, it comes from watching TV; many an Anglo child watching Sesame Street has learned uno dos tres almost as quickly as one two three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: Spanglish Spoken Here | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...Casa's strength, mixes chicken, linguica (?), ham, onion, and garlic bread in a sweet and slightly spicy wine sauce. If you're a big fan of knockwurst and other beery to worry about what linguica is. and wine dish is the Portuguese answer. Large quantities of vin verde--either Tres Marias or Casal Garcia--will get you soused enough not to worry about what linguica...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: More Than Burritos | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

Entrees arrivent tout de suite and tres chaudes. We get three t'ings, but we all share. Lemme tell you 'bout dey Blackened Redfish...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...fish got a real nice texture. Like dey just caught it, jus' pulled it floppin' off de hook. Everybody else try it and they smile and boivent la biere! Tres bon! Good and spicy...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

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