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ruh-shaer-SHAY
adjective
something carefully planned or selected; something very rare or exotic; something fantastic
1868Run to EarthShe took care to provide a recherché little dinner for her important guest, low as the finances of herself and her brother were—and were likely to be for some time to come.1893The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesAnd here—ah, now, this really is something a little recherché.' He dived his arm down to the bottom of the chest, and brought up a small wooden box with a sliding lid, such as children's toys are kept in. From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, and old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.1910Three Years in Tristan da CunhaWe had Betty Cotton and three of her contemporaries in to tea today and had quite a recherché meal for them, chocolate mould and some dainty little scones.1980A Confederacy of DuncesIgnatius filmed the scene before him for a minute or two more, then he followed a post upward to the ceiling for what he imagined would be an interesting and rather recherche bit of cinematography suggesting aspiration.Labels: Arthur Conan Doyle, John Kennedy Toole, K. M. Barrow, M. E. Braddon
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