affiche
Americannoun
plural
affichesnoun
Etymology
Origin of affiche
C18: from afficher to post
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the most intolerable thing is the affiche of idolatry for Baudelaire.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.
From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert
But when we had finished dinner an affiche announcing A�da turned us from the Salles de Jeu to the Salle du Th��tre.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
Observe that particular affiche about a spy, please.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
The composition of the affiche was that of the two Miss Dunns jointly, who prided themselves upon being elegant scholars.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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