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Casabianca

American  
[ka-za-byahn-ka] / ka za bjɑ̃ˈka /

noun

  1. Louis de c1755–98, French naval officer.


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Three Rubis-class submarines have already been retired — the Saphir in 2019, the Rubis in 2022 and the Casabianca in 2023.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

The abiding image of him when England were bowled out for 129 was straight out of Casabianca: "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled."

From The Guardian ● May 2, 2013

Actually, I have a daughter, Camille de Casabianca — her mother was a film editor — she’s very interesting and makes movies.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2011

Casabianca When an explosion in the X-ray room of San Francisco's University of California Hospital started a chimney-like blaze, disaster was averted by Juanita Costenborder, night-duty telephone operator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Take reading: why does it give the children any greater mastery of the printed page to read about Casabianca on the burning deck, than about the cause of the firing of corn by hot weather?

From The Brown Mouse by Herbert Quick

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