bordereau
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bordereau
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to bord edge ( see border) + -ereau; see -rel
Example Sentences
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Marie-Georges Picquart stumbled on evidence that the real spy was Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, a commandant whose handwriting did indeed match that of the bordereau, and who did indeed need money to cover huge debts.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
Pro-Boers refuse to recognise this point, as did M. Cavaignac when, in his speech of July 7th, 1898, he abandoned the "bordereau" to substitute for it the Henry forgery.
From Boer Politics by Guyot, Yves
He had won the help of a skilled writer Bernard Lazare; a daily paper succeeded in obtaining and publishing a facsimile of the bordereau.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
He seemed astonished that I did not know what a bordereau was.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
The ground upon which this revision was claimed related to an alleged confession and to the authorship of the bordereau, the document which had been instrumental in procuring a conviction.
From A Short History of France by Parmele, Mary Platt
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