guichet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of guichet
C19: from French
Example Sentences
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They reached the guichet and Andrew drew his money.
From The Mountebank by William John Locke
There before him was the wooden box, with its guichet open at last, and two stands upon its ledge, on which were placed two huge leather-bound books.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Féliat is standing across the guichet through which Barberine is to speak.
From Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Bernard Miall
I was retiring by the upper guichet, the only one unguarded, and had nearly reached it, when a loud shout was heard on the quay.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
The guichet was closed down; there was not a soul in sight.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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