douane
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douanes
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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
As I sat waiting in the douane, I felt like puffing out and growing to make room for Russia inside me.
From Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 by Pierce, Ruth
The Red Cross on my luggage got me through the douane formalities without any trouble.
From Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Thurstan, Violetta
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
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
The quay is outside the gate, and here are stationed the douanes, or custom-officers, who ordered our trunks to be taken from the cart, and searched them from top to bottom.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
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