guichet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of guichet
C19: from French
Example Sentences
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At last the weary waiting-time was over; the young subaltern stepped before the guichet and, pointing to a handbill, demanded in a loud and dignified voice a ticket for next Monday's performance of "KEINE VORSTELLUNG!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 by Various
Julia Oliphant's slipper in the Piccadilly, Peggy and her garters, lots of slippers, Jennie's dancing slippers, Jennie in the Dinard Bazaar, Jennie at the guichet slipping a note into his hand.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
But here ensued inevitably the violent French altercation between the two human beings on either side of the guichet.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
Unluckily, they directed their advance to the very guichet which I was also approaching.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
Then he shrugged in resignation, and trotted over to the guichet.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
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