douanier
Americannoun
plural
douaniersExample Sentences
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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
She was only a tall white girl simply dressed Vignette As he spoke a douanier lounged out of his little whitewashed lair.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
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 Wylie, James Aitken
It was open—abandoned—not a sentry, not a douanier visible.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
They were the initials, so our guide informed us, of the unfortunate douanier who had there met his death.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
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