What is "canapes"

Usage examples of "canapes".

Some were passing trays of canapes and other finger foods, setting aside their official positions to help restore some semblance of "occasion" in the reception area.

Adela, assisted by Navy stewards, was serving hot canapes and looking slightly nervous.

Pierre was a tiny bit confused about where to set up the steam table for the hot canapes, Claire.

By Sunday afternoon, several tables covered with hot and cold canapes were squeezed among the book racks.

His pockets bulged with canapes, but I overlooked his transgressions and wished him a lovely dinner.

After I had run out of canapes, I crossed my legs and twitched an impatient foot.

Camille snorted and waltzed out of the kitchen with a newly stocked platter of canapes, clearly unimpressed with our childish antics.

The general feels that the best use of his attention involves more of a hands-on focus with CID, so, other than the time-honored passing of canapés, that's where I'm likely to be spending most of my time.

He was transferring a mountain of bite-sized canapés to a two-storied silver platter.

The pageboy appeared through the arch, balancing the double dish of canapés on his head.

He had infinitely more difficulty in gathering up the canapés, which had scattered and smeared themselves in every crack and cranny of the washroom.

He plunged past her and seized three or four of the most forlorn canapés from Nathaniel's silver dish.

Waiters circulated with gold and silver trays of canapés, making sure no glass was ever in danger of heading towards half empty.

She plucked one of the canapés from his plate and popped it straight into her mouth.

Trays floated about at shoulder height, loaded with beverages, canapés, and stimulants.