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à pied

American  
[a pyey] / a ˈpjeɪ /

adverb

French.
  1. afoot; walking; on foot.


à pied British  
/ a pje /

adverb

  1. (postpositive) on foot

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A gendarme à pied was the only person near me, and I asked him, if he could explain the reason of the movement.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

When to these are added the gendarmes à pied and à cheval, who are constantly in motion, one sees that the risk of breaking the laws is attended with more hazard here than with us.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore

"Bazin, aubergiste, loge à pied," was the sign.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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