poitrine
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of poitrine
French, literally: breast, chest
Example Sentences
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Despite the sanctions, Arkady appears to have paid $7.5m to acquire the René Magritte painting La Poitrine.
From BBC
In another case, in June 2014, a company called Highland Ventures bought a painting, René Magritte’s “La Poitrine,” for $7.5 million via a private New York art dealer, with funds it traced to a company owned by Arkady Rotenberg.
From New York Times
The Times' drama critic described him as "omni-competent" and concluded that "the honours of the evening go to the multiple performance of Bruce Forsyth as a senile slum landlord, thick-spectacled doughboy, leather-jacketed German film director, and egregiously patrician lover of Miss Poitrine's dreams".
From BBC
After finding fame, he made his West End musical debut in 1964 in a show called Little Me, about fictional Hollywood diva Belle Poitrine.
From BBC
Using Google Translate, she found the closest linguistic equivalent—gros bout de poitrine.
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