Comines
Americannoun
noun
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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022
Philip de Comines acknowledged that English archery excelled that of every other nation, and Sir John Fortesque states “that the might of the Realme of England standyth upon archers.”
From About London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Towards the end of the fifteenth century modern French poetry may be said to have had its origin in Villon and French prose in Comines.
From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by Smedley, William T.
Comines carries on the spinning of flax, wool and cotton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
It was bestowed by Louis XI. on the historian Philippe de Comines, from whose heirs the domain was purchased by Catherine de Medicis.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
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