abondance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The call of abondance is, however, superseded by any other player declaring to make abondance in trumps, i.e. with the trump suit as it stands.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
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 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.
Sometimes, indeed, an abondance, like a solo or a proposition, succeeds with two or three tricks to spare.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
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
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