cordon : Idioms & Phrases

• noun thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed
  

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• noun a chef famous for his great skill
  
• noun an honor or award gained for excellence
  blue ribbon.
  

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• F., blue cordon, a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners.

Webster 1913

• verb divide by means of a rope
  rope in; rope off.
  
  • The police roped off the area where the crime occurred

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• F., sanitary cordon, a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.

Webster 1913

• the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade.

Webster 1913

• noun thin slices of veal stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed
  

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