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
This gift they have in common with the Primitives; and this the douanier possessed in an extraordinary degree.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
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
Meanwhile the douanier came at the right moment.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
In all these shifts and changes the douanier farce was carefully gone through.
From A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
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