Madeleine

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) .
  2. Noun.  A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
  3. Noun.  Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's ''In Search of Lost Time'').

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