Du Sable

[ doo sah-bluh, sahb, dyoo; French dy sah-bluh ]

noun

1. Jean Bap·tiste Pointe [zhah, n, b, a, -, teest, pwa, n, t], 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.

Example Sentences

To-day Pont du Sable goes to bed without even turning the key in the lock.

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Despatch-bearers gallop at all hours of the day and night through Pont du Sable's single street.

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It is not wise to raise one's voice in so small a village as Pont du Sable, even indoors.

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One of them might be Suzette's sweetheart, hailing from her own village, the manœuvres at Pont du Sable a lucky meeting for them.

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The bay of Pont du Sable, which the incoming tide had so swiftly filled at daylight, now lay a naked waste of oozing black mud.

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