douanier
Americannoun
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douaniers
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A startled douanier, standing in the door of his office stared up into the square faces of grey-coated horsemen riding past.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, of course, the douanier was—a remarkable painter.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
Jack asked in amazement; and then the black cocks’ plumes in the casquette of the douanier revealed the information that he craved.
From A Woman's Will by I. H. (Isaac Henry) Caliga
No one can have seen a picture of this most talented douanier without being convinced that technique for purely private personal needs has been beautified to an extraordinary degree.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
I was equally polite on my part, inly resolving, that henceforward Austrian douanier should not lay finger on my note-book.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
My shambles contrasts sharply with the technical mastery of the canvas hanging on the wall behind me: Ray's copy of a painting from Monet's series Cabane des douaniers, effet d'après-midi.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013
At Paris' Orly airport, international flights were delayed while douaniers and police poked through every outgoing suitcase.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don’t know how one approaches these terrible douaniers, but I mean to invent something very charming.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
One had to run the gauntlet of the custom-house here, and to practise unheard-of briberies upon the venal douaniers of the Pope before being allowed to pass on to his hotel.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
A buona grazia of a scudo at the frontier obviated the delay which would otherwise have occurred in examining our baggage by the douaniers.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
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