Pierrefonds
[ pyer-fawn ]
noun
a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
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How to use Pierrefonds in a sentence
Behind the city to the southward stretched the great forest of Pierrefonds, and at its feet was the River Oise.
Joan of Arc | Lucy Foster MadisonI have just heard that they are at Pierrefonds, of all places, to-day.
Swann's Way | Marcel ProustSo it came to this; that she could not prevent him from going to Pierrefonds if he chose to do so.
Swann's Way | Marcel ProustThey all followed the king to Pierrefonds and then to Compigne.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II | Henry Charles LeaBecause I have lately had my chateau of Pierrefonds which was gray with age, plastered white.
Ten Years Later | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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