La Trappe
noun
an abbey in Normandy, France, at which the Trappist order was founded.
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La Trappe
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[la trap]
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Trappe, La
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[la trap]
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La Trappe
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/ la trap /
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The plant was then discharging excess amounts of pollutants into a tributary of La Trappe Creek, which empties into the Choptank River and eventually the bay.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022
And I fancied I heard a far echo of hoof-strokes along 61 the road to La Trappe.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
FELLOWES, W. D.—A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with Notes taken during a tour through le Perchie, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the environs of Paris.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
Once or twice we thought they were perhaps monks of La Trappe in disguise, but gave up the idea as far-fetched.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
Still, the pious brethren maintained a taciturn demeanour that would have done credit to La Trappe itself.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James
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