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café au lait definition

café· au lait (ka fā′ō lā′)

  1. a drink made by mixing coffee with an equal part of hot or scalded milk
  2. pale brown

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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