cheval de bataille

[shuh-val duh ba-tah-y^uh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

French.

chevaux de bataille

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His forte is the foible; his cheval de bataille, the hobby-horse.

That cheval de bataille for fleet-fingered pianists, the Sonata, Op.

I was dismounted from my cheval de bataille and have never been completely mounted since.

My cheval de bataille was the Polonaise from Mignon, at the end of which I had introduced some chromatic trills.

Faust had remained from the beginning our most unconditional success, our cheval de bataille, and never failed to pack the house.

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