printanier
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of printanier
1860–65; < French: literally, of spring, Middle French, equivalent to Old French prin ( s ) tan ( s ) spring (< Latin prīmum tempus literally, first season; prime, temporal 1 ) + -ier -ier 2
Example Sentences
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There’s just a little soup, printanier; yes, they can make soup here; then a cut of salmon—and after that the beefsteak.
From Project Gutenberg
March 29 Printanier Soup Broiled Chicken, Oyster Sauce *Duchesse Potatoes String Beans Watercress, French Dressing Cheese Biscuits Lemon Meringue Pie Coffee *Duchesse Potatoes—Wash, peel and boil two pounds potatoes, drain off water and dry in oven, then rub through sieve, add 3 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1 tablespoon cream, seasoning salt, pepper and grated nutmeg.
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One of the "chimney-builders," whose smirched face was lighted up by the candle, and in whom Marius recognized, in spite of his daubing, Panchaud, alias Printanier, alias Bigrenaille, lifted above M. Leblanc's head a sort of bludgeon made of two balls of lead, at the two ends of a bar of iron.
From Project Gutenberg
Still, in spite of his mournful preoccupation, he could not refrain from saying to himself that this prowler of the barriers with whom Jondrette was talking resembled a certain Panchaud, alias Printanier, alias Bigrenaille, whom Courfeyrac had once pointed out to him as a very dangerous nocturnal roamer.
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This Panchaud, alias Printanier, alias Bigrenaille, figured later on in many criminal trials, and became a notorious rascal.
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