quatorze
Americannoun
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quatorzes
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Etymology
Origin of quatorze
1695–1705; < French: fourteen < Latin quattuordecim, equivalent to quattuor four + -decim, combining form of decem ten
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The men who devise the Tour de France course made the curious decision to use this year's quatorze juillet to showcase some of the least appealing aspects of the French countryside.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2012
The biggest casualty was Edgar Degas’ bronze sculpture of a teenage ballerina, “Petite danseuse de quatorze ans,” estimated to bring as much as $35 million.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 2, 2011
Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But I had a quatorze, and took the fishes," replied Des Meloises.
From The Golden Dog by William Kirby
He was dead; "mort à la Marne, en quatorze."
From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather
Do not, therefore, throw out good trick-making cards for the hope of getting high counting sequences or quatorzes, the odds for which are considerably against you.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
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