The Collaborative International Dictionary
Charlotte \Char"lotte\, n. [F.] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
Charlotte Russe, or Charlotte [`a] la russe [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.
Wiktionary
n. A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake.
WordNet
n. lady fingers enclosing bavarian cream
Wikipedia
Charlotte Russe is a clothing retail chain store in the United States, headquartered in San Diego, California. Fashions in the stores are targeted at women in their teens and twenties. The company owns and operates stores in 45 states,. It can be found in many malls/shopping centers. , Charlotte Russe operates 560 stores.
Usage examples of "charlotte russe".
I folded it out on the table where the medical charlotte russe had given place to some coffee -- a Borgia speciality of the place -- and it was a coat-of-arms.
Dicky Cruyer declined the Charlotte Russe, having had 'an elegant sufficiency', so Billy and I shared Dicky's portion.
At the center of the state dining room, Maillard had created a fountain, supported by water nymphs of nougat and surrounded by marzipan beehives filled with marzipan bees, producing charlotte russe.
You have to wonder how long this bug can live on Rum Custard Charlotte Russe.
In far-off Russia, a woman called Charlotte Russe claimed to have found the second ticket, but it turned out to be a clever fake.
Nancy even gave me her recipe for that scrumptious Charlotte Russe she makes.
I remember very distinctly that the jumping and throbbing in my arm brought me back to a world that at first was nothing but sky, a heap of clouds that I thought hazily were the meringue on a blue charlotte russe.
I look like a charlotte russe that's burst out of its container in that particular dress, anyway.