Daudet
Americannoun
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Alphonse 1840–97, French novelist and short-story writer.
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his son Léon 1867–1942, French journalist and novelist.
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Daudet, the 2011 and 2106 world champ, has been on the comeback from a February crash that left him with a broken collarbone.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
In the first, 1,397 people wrestled with an excerpt from a short story by 19th Century author Alphonse Daudet.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023
When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021
Brit Liam Phillips has a chance in the men's race, but Latvian Maris Stromberg, Frenchman Joris Daudet and Australia's Sam Willoughby start as favourites.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2012
A small gray book on which Contes de Daudet was printed in gold lettering on its cover.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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