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Բé

[kan-uh-pee, -pey, ka-na-pey]

noun

plural

Բés 
  1. a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.

  2. Furniture.a sofa of 18th-century France, made in any of several forms, often with matching chairs.

  3. Bridge.a style of bidding in which short suits are bid before long ones.



Բé

/ -ˌpeɪ, kanape, ˈkænəpɪ /

noun

  1. a small piece of bread, toast, etc, spread with a savoury topping

  2. (in French cabinetwork) a sofa

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Բé1

1885–90; < French: literally, a covering or netting, originally for a bed ( canopy ), by extension for a piece of bread
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Բé1

C19: from French: sofa
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Samir lines up a job where their father worked, while the owner’s wife finds Gazala a position as companion to a renowned writer, offering her “up to Mme. Colette like a canape.”

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If Solino falls, gangs would have easy access to neighborhoods such as Canape Vert that have so far remained peaceful and largely safe.

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One man near a barricade in Canape Vert said that he had been following the protests organized earlier this week by supporters of former rebel leader Guy Philippe, who has pledged a revolution to drive out gangs.

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Scott: I had to prove I could hand someone a Բé.

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Coronation music, including Hubert Parry's anthem I Was Glad will be followed by a champagne and Բé reception in the town's Priory Centre.

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