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affiche

American  
[a-feesh] / aˈfiʃ /

noun

French.

plural

affiches

  1. a notice posted in a public place; poster.

affiche British  
/ afiʃ /

noun

  1. a poster or advertisement, esp one drawn by an artist, as for the opening of an exhibition

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Etymology

Origin of affiche

C18: from afficher to post

Example Sentences

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The Germans got out an affiche of news this morning, stating that "les troupes Allemands ont fait des progrès sur certains points."

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh

The regiment was soon fitted up and the soldiers began to put in practice in good earnest the theory of the affiche.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

And no list was "the thing" without his name; no reception, no garden party, no opera-box, or private concert, or rose-shadowed boudoir, fashionably affiche without being visited by him.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

Meanwhile the Aldermen were busy preparing a new affiche which was soon being posted up in all directions.

From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Mack, Louise

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