abondance
Britishnoun
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I love the man who sees only things to admire in his mother and his own country; and in America that man has his choice—une abondance de biens.
From Rambles in Womanland by O'Rell, Max
Our peirs that growes at home are all out as delicious, vitness the carnock, as any we have eaten in France, tho they grow their in greater abondance.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord
Plumes are in wery great abondance heir, and that of many sorts.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord
The call of abondance is, however, superseded by any other player declaring to make abondance in trumps, i.e. with the trump suit as it stands.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
The French may well exclaim, in speaking of him, "Quelle abondance!"
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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