barbe
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Origin of barbe
see origin at barb 1
Example Sentences
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Grilling, influenced by Caribbean barbe, is an essential technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
For centuries, except in a few deliberate literary exercises, the king à la barbe florie has inspired no modern singer—his geste is extinct.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
The greater number had no defensive armor; and not a horse was furnished with the leathern barbe with which the knight continued, as in the middle ages, to cover his steed's breast and sides.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
The viand is said to get its name from the French phrase a barbe d' ecu, from tail to head, signifying that the carcass was cooked whole.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
"Ah, then it's la barbe, is it not?" said the girl, gingerly stroking her faded, painted cheek.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
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