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What (who) is filet mignon - definition


Filet mignon         
  • Bone-in filet mignon
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL]]
  • Filet mignon (pork) cooking in a pan
CUT OF BEEF
Filet Mignon; Fillet Steak; Fillet steak; Flaming yawn
Filet mignon (; ; ) is a cut of meat taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of a cow. In French, it mostly refers to cuts of pork tenderloin.
filet mignon         
  • Bone-in filet mignon
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL]]
  • Filet mignon (pork) cooking in a pan
CUT OF BEEF
Filet Mignon; Fillet Steak; Fillet steak; Flaming yawn
[?fi:le?'mi:nj?filet mignon]
¦ noun a small tender piece of beef from the end of the undercut.
Origin
Fr., lit. 'dainty fillet'.
William Mignon         
WEST INDIAN CRICKETER (1874-1965)
Mignon, William
William Henry Mignon (1874 in Lewisham, London – 30 November 1965 in the West Indies) was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900. He was the son of Edward Adolphus Seymour Mignon and Margaret Bridget (née Campbell).
Examples of use of filet mignon
1. Dishes include bouillabaisse for about $35.50, Dover sole for $37.50 and filet mignon for $28.50.
2. "He orders filet mignon takeout from an expensive restaurant almost every evening.
3. Wolfowitz lunched on filet mignon –– and press club President Richard S.
4. So what can I do?" She can buy more beef, which is exactly what she did, paying the equivalent of about $3 per pound for filet mignon.
5. I suspect, however, that if he had wandered into the Asylum and come face to face with shrimp scampi or a filet mignon, he would have been astonished.