nuque
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nuque
From French, dating back to 1570–80; nucha
Example Sentences
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Keynes tué d’ une balle dans la nuque!
From New York Times
Bulstrode remarked this as he walked behind in full view of the soft adorable nuque below the curls of the girl's fair hair.
From Project Gutenberg
She seemed malignant, too, driving her chin like a knife into the nuque of one of the small boys, who kicked her shins justifiably.
From Project Gutenberg
Sa taille est haute, mais quelques-uns la trouveraient mince, sa chevelure noire est bouclée et tombe jusqu'à la nuque; ses yeux noirs sont profonds et bien fendus, le front est noble; la lèvre supérieure, couverte par une moustache naissante et noire, est parfaitement modelée; son menton a quelque chose de sévère; son teint est d'un blanc presque féminin, ce qui dénote sa haute naissance.
From Project Gutenberg
Under the painting was the following terse epigram:— "Passans, contemplez le malheur D'Absalom pendu par la nuque; Il aurait evité ce malheur, S'il eut porté une perruque."
From Project Gutenberg
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