Alençon
Americannoun
noun
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After a few emails and phone calls, I finally got in touch with Poincheval, and we agreed to meet outside the train station in Alençon, about 130 miles west of Paris.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2015
The more important captives were sent down the Loire to Orleans, where Joan and Alençon returned the day after their victory.
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
The under-sleeves follow the shape of the others, and have two rows of Alençon lace.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
They proceeded down the slight slope into the Val aux Clercs, followed at a foot’s pace by a strong body of the first battalion of the French mounted knights under Alençon.
From Crécy by Hilaire Belloc
Then La Mole, glancing around him, and understanding, doubtless, that the place was not a fit one for an explanation, spurred his horse, and rejoined the Duke of Alençon.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
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