poule
Americannoun
plural
poulesExample Sentences
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Harris’ stepdaughter, Emma Emhoff, also schooled some of the older folks in her embellished Shetland Miu Miu coat in a pied de poule pattern and large brown button at the neck.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2021
So successful was the venture that he decided to supplement his entertainment allowance by running a fulltime poule hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
La chauve-souris est ici de la grosseur d'une poule.
From Notes and Queries, Number 22, March 30, 1850 by Various
A scene in the guard-house, a popular uprising, the fish-market, the galleys, the wine-shop, the poule au pot of Henri Quatre, are treasure-trove in her eyes.
From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William
For pole, from Fr. poule, cf. polecat, also an enemy of fowls.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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