lotte
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lotte
From French, Middle French; compare Medieval Latin lota; further origin unknown
Example Sentences
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At 15 she went alone to a tournament in Char lotte, N.C., scored a stunning upset over Wimbledon Champ Margaret Court and burst into happy, astonished tears.
From Time Magazine Archive
The huge, shapeless monkfish fetches a , higher price under its French name, lotte.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Ayde lotte said he would try to get his Rhodes-men scholarships or teaching jobs in the U. S., that at war's end their Rhodes scholarships would still be good.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there is one yclepen Margarete, Who alsoe for the nonce is clepen Rose, For she must on some other hille be sette When Hymenæos shall her lotte dispose.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
Then with great admiration the lotte in ball first taken out was mine: which was by open sentence so pronounced before all the people, and to be the right and true parte.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Hakluyt, Richard
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