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douane

[ dwan ]

/ dwan /

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noun, plural douanes [dwan]. /dwan/. French.

a custom house; customs.

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Words nearby douane

dotty, doty, Dou, Douai, Douala, douane, douanier, Douay Bible, double, double achievement, double-acting

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Example sentences from the Web for douane

Of course, our luggage had stuck at the douane at Modane, and was telegraphed for.
An Autobiography|Elizabeth Butler
The first house was the Austrian douane; the second, the inn.
Italian Alps|Douglas William Freshfield
"Wait a moment," he said, leading her aside towards the waiting-room, while the crowd that was going to the douane passed them by.
Lady Rose's Daughter|Mrs. Humphry Ward
The Red Cross on my luggage got me through the douane formalities without any trouble.
Field Hospital and Flying Column|Violetta Thurstan

The ordeal of the Swiss douane was still somewhere ahead; we had entered the neutral strip.
The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine

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