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St. Quentin

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[seynt kwen-tn, san kahn-tan] / ˌseɪnt ˈkwɛn tn, sɛ̃ kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in N France, on the Somme: retaken from the Germans 1918.


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Do not look expectantly at Péronne and St. Quentin and demand a daily sensation.

From The Guardian Aug. 24, 2018

The great high road which drives straight at Péronne was as firm and smooth as in the days we travelled it to the old British trenches at St. Quentin.

From The Guardian Aug. 24, 2018

He sweated the details of the St. Quentin landscape to the point of visiting the battlefield in person.

From Washington Post

A mustachioed aunt ran a lace factory at St. Quentin, France, while her pusillanimous husband got drunk and cried for money.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole frontage covered about eight miles, and for half that distance ran along north of the Cambrai to St. Quentin railway.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

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