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Meaning of sous | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
suːz

Definitions

Clipping of sous-chef.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Equivalents

Français sous sous sous

Examples

“The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […]”
“A tritish maxim and not worth a sous”
“Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parents.”
“A chef always looks out for his sous chef; a sous is always “under” his chef's wing—guided, nurtured, cared for, long after the stoves are turned off and the aprons are hung up. While other cooks are apprenticed to the kitchen, the sous is the lieutenant, the executor of Chef's wishes.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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