La Manche
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But I happened to be there with a French fisherman, while making a Radio 4 documentary, and was told a gale was starting out in the middle of La Manche, invisible to us.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020
Ostert, a nimble stag, was chased by English huntsmen nine years ago into what they call the English Channel and Frenchmen call La Manche.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sleeue.”—Entirely obsolete in English, but France still knows the Channel as La Manche.
From The Battaile of Agincourt by Garnett, Richard
But lady- tourists from the other side of La Manche?
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
Allain knew where to find men; twenty-five leagues from Caen, in the department of La Manche, some way from any highroad, is situated the village of La Mancellière, whose men were all refractories.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
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