douane

[ dwan ]

noun

, French.

, plural douanes [dw, a, n].

1. a custom house; customs.

Example Sentences

Of course, our luggage had stuck at the douane at Modane, and was telegraphed for.

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The first house was the Austrian douane; the second, the inn.

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"Wait a moment," he said, leading her aside towards the waiting-room, while the crowd that was going to the douane passed them by.

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The Red Cross on my luggage got me through the douane formalities without any trouble.

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The ordeal of the Swiss douane was still somewhere ahead; we had entered the neutral strip.

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