en pension
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Several quiet Frenchmen, who had offices in the neighbourhood, were "en pension" at the Hôtel de l'Horloge, and as the two friends came in many were the steady, speculative glances cast in their direction.
From The Chink in the Armour by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
You will see at the farmer's some of my pea-fowls en pension.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam
You may eat there as little as you like, especially if you are en pension.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
His father put him en pension with a Calvinist minister, to be re-made a protestant, no matter of what sort.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
He said he would be pleased to take me "en pension."
From Letters to His Friends by Robinson, Forbes
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