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Place Pigalle

American  
[plas pee-gal] / plas piˈgal /

noun

  1. a square in Paris, France: noted for its night clubs.


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Our paths crossed for the last time in October 2022 at Place Pigalle at Pike Place Market.

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2023

But watch as Melville’s hand-held camera trails Bob in his trench coat and fedora, or follows a garbage truck around the Place Pigalle like a ball in a roulette wheel.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2020

Does Montmartre begin at the bottom of its steep rise, or in the Place Pigalle?

From The Guardian Apr. 16, 2010

The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a by-product of the underworld and is no more characteristic of Vienna than the gilded cafés chantants which cluster round the Place Pigalle on Montmartre are characteristic of Paris.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

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