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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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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

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

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

Of the couple's nine children, three live with Loret in St. Quentin, a French town north of Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Reims they went through St. Quentin, and on to Boulogne.

From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

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