Fair Value of Financial Instruments-Adjusted Historical Cost (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 24, 2019	Nov. 25, 2018
Senior notes [Member] \| 5.00% Senior Notes, Due 2025 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	5.00%
Senior notes [Member] \| 3.375% Senior Notes Due 2027 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	3.375%
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	$ 23,912	$ 32,470
Total financial liabilities carried at adjusted historical cost	1,057,534	1,057,961
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Carrying Value [Member] \| Senior notes [Member] \| 5.00% Senior Notes, Due 2025 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	493,940	487,272
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Carrying Value [Member] \| Senior notes [Member] \| 3.375% Senior Notes Due 2027 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	539,682	538,219
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	23,912	32,470
Total financial liabilities carried at adjusted historical cost	1,091,613	1,057,482
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Fair Value [Member] \| Senior notes [Member] \| 5.00% Senior Notes, Due 2025 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	506,092	478,774
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Fair Value [Member] \| Senior notes [Member] \| 3.375% Senior Notes Due 2027 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt carried at adjusted historical cost	$ 561,609	$ 546,238

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
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