morceaux
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pluralof morceau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
morceaunounpiece; morsel.
Example Sentences
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Then she sang two morceaux from the filmy opera, Crêpe de Chine, by a young Frenchman, which she had helped to make the rage of Paris.
From The Way of Ambition by J. H. Gardner Soper
They could reckon upon hearing the Hallelujah Chorus at least once a fortnight, and the lesser morceaux of Israel in Egypt at intervals in between.
From She and I, Volume 1 by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
A party of pipwinks visited my copse yesterday afternoon, and indulged in delicious morceaux of melody before the red sun sank starkly below the horizon....
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
Old habit kept the girls at table when he intoned with noisy unction the Hebrew grace after meals; they even joined in the melodious morceaux that diversified the plain-chant.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
These, and a few others like them, will no doubt appear among the morceaux choisis of a coming day.
From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Mrs. Humphry Ward