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
Crossing the Lys on the following days between Wervicq and Comines, the British now drew near to Menin.
From Ypres and the Battles of Ypres by Unknown
Philippe de Comines has said that there is but one thing more severe on a man than the favor of kings, and that is their enmity.
From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell
On this occasion Philip de Comines in his Memoirs says: “I never saw any man living so holily, nor out of whose mouth the Holy Ghost did more manifestly speak.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
To a certain extent the mediaeval influence is still strong on Comines, though it shows itself in connection with evidences of the modern spirit.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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