douanier
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A startled douanier, standing in the door of his office stared up into the square faces of grey-coated horsemen riding past.
From Time Magazine Archive
The douanier gave us up as hopeless, with a resigned shrug of his shoulders.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
The oily eloquence which Terry lavished on that comparatively insignificant French douanier ought to have earned him a billet as first secretary to a Legation.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
The Primitives are always distinguished; whereas occasionally the douanier is as much the reverse as the more successful painters to the British aristocracy are always.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
The douanier drew back a few steps; it was impossible to see his face, but his steadfast suspicious regard was to be imagined.
From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
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