Sentence example with the word 'poilu'

poilu

Definition n. a French soldier

Last update: June 11, 2015


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On the other side, Tulacque confides in the poilu who is beside him: "That crab-louse."   [Please select]

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And when a poilu saw him at it, he gave him the door for firewood, so that he wouldn't spread it about.   [Please select]

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He was just exactly the poilu that you see pictures of in the ladies' papers--the pretty little naughty papers.   [Please select]

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"But," he said, "I have never seen any poilu with so many decorations."   [Please select]

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Another wounded poilu was carried past us, covered by a bloody blanket like the other one.   [Please select]

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Their murmurs rose to violent protest on behalf of the poilu.   [Please select]

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The poilu was a middle-aged man, and very drunk on some foul spirit which he had bought in a low cafe down by the river.   [Please select]

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One of them tried to grab the hair, but the poilu held it high, beyond her reach, with a gruff command of, "Hands off."   [Please select]

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