pomme blanche
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pomme blanche
< French: literally, white apple
Example Sentences
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They have a apple in France called pomme de Calvile, its all rid thorow to the wery heart, pomme blanche.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord
Our people traversed the prairies in all directions, looking for the pomme blanche, which was very common.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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