Du Sable

[ doo sah-bluh, sahb, dyoo; French dy-sah-bluh ]

/ du ˈsɑ blə, ˈsɑb, dyu; French dü ˈsɑ blə /

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noun

Jean Bap·tiste Pointe

[zhahnba-teestpwant], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/, 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.

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Words nearby Du Sable

Duruflé, durum, durum wheat, Duryea, durzi, Du Sable, Duse, Dushanbe, dusk, dusky, dusky grouse

How to use Du Sable in a sentence

To-day Pont du Sable goes to bed without even turning the key in the lock.
A Village of Vagabonds|F. Berkeley Smith
Despatch-bearers gallop at all hours of the day and night through Pont du Sable's single street.
A Village of Vagabonds|F. Berkeley Smith
It is not wise to raise one's voice in so small a village as Pont du Sable, even indoors.
A Village of Vagabonds|F. Berkeley Smith
One of them might be Suzette's sweetheart, hailing from her own village, the manœuvres at Pont du Sable a lucky meeting for them.
A Village of Vagabonds|F. Berkeley Smith

The bay of Pont du Sable, which the incoming tide had so swiftly filled at daylight, now lay a naked waste of oozing black mud.
A Village of Vagabonds|F. Berkeley Smith