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trast to a HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Tabled27hC3B4te" o "Table dhôte" table dhôte , at which a menu with limited or no choice is served at a fixed price. To designate an option to choose, at no extra charge, a side dish to accompany a main course item. The phrase was adopted into English in 1826, predating by a decade the common use of the HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Frenchlanguage" o "French language" French language HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Loanword" o "Loanword" loanword " HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Menu" o "Menu" menu ".
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