douane
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Why is he to go to the douane, and thrust himself into the very jaws of danger?
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Here is also the usual customs station, with a few officers of the Italian douane, to watch the passage of merchandise across the frontier.
From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel
I am not in love with the douane.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
She paid the douane for my dresses, those sweet things Madame la Marquise, your dear mother, troubled herself to choose for me.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Fr. la douane, from Arab. p. 386diwán; either as a council or as an account-book.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
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