couteau
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of couteau
1670–80; < French; Old French coutel < Latin cultellus; see cultellus
Example Sentences
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La Couteau had been standing behind the door, which had remained ajar, and scarcely had Celeste finished than, without waiting for an invitation, she boldly entered the room.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
La Couteau was standing there with a sturdy young person of five-and-twenty, who carried a superb-looking infant in her arms.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
At last, after a long month of discreet researches, conversations with Madame Menoux, Celeste, and La Couteau herself, he was able in some measure to explain things.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
La Couteau had remained waiting, mute and motionless, at the foot of the bedstead.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
So he told La Couteau that he would go down with her, take a cab, and bring her back.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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