mousquetaire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mousquetaire
From French
Example Sentences
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The big shoulders, black brows and black mousquetaire swagger of Flambeau were a great contrast.
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Though she had scarcely glanced at him in the morning, she had decided that the tall, erect figure and the enormous mustache, with its crocs � la mousquetaire, could only belong to Fanny’s Household Word.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
Miss Rylance came back, dressed as carefully as if she had been going for a morning lounge in Hyde Park, hat and feather, pongee sunshade, mousquetaire gloves.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
"Send some trifle that she will recognise—some little thing she will know to have been yours," exclaimed the mousquetaire from his seat in the chimney-piece.
From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John
St. Georges rode on silently for a little while ere he answered this question, and the mousquetaire could see that he was pondering deeply.
From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John
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