: a small patty shell usually containing a creamed filling
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The menu consists of four bouchees, or small bites; four appetizers; four main courses plus three sides.—Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
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French, literally, mouthful, from Old French buchiee, from Vulgar Latin *buccata, from Latin bucca cheek, mouth
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