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Chartreux

British  
/ ʃɑːˈtrɜː, ʃartrø /

noun

  1. a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The words “Meet the Chartreux: French, Quiet & Cute” floated across the cat’s image.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Vander Straeten6 found some record of a musician of the Gallo-Belgic school called Jean le Chartreux, or by the Italians Giovanni di Namur.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by W. J. (William James) Henderson

Your brother and mine are gone to see our little brother at his school at the Chartreux.

From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

The latter apologized, declaring he had been deceived; and to gain time, or to get rid of the crowd, sent them to the Chartreux, to seek for arms.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet

You wish to retire; and your intention is to seek the solitude of the Chartreux, or, possibly, some of the most beautiful provinces of France and Italy.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

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