tombé

[ tom-bey; French tawn-bey ]

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noun

, Ballet.

, plural tom·bés [tom-, beyz, taw, n, -, bey].

a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.

Origin of tombé¹

< French: fallen, past participle of tomber to fall

When Col. Tombe asked Neubauer what she wanted, she said that she wanted to stay in the Air Force and go back to weather school.

On December 9, 2013, Norris met with Neubauer, her squadron commander Lt Col. Betsy Ross, Col. Tombe, and others.

When Col. Tombe pushed back, Norris says she pulled out a copy of an Air Force Times.

I wish him better, But much I fear h'as found his tombe already, We must observe our guards.1.

Give me out of the tombe, the hardned sword, which the dwarfs made for Suafurlama.

C'tait comme un petit Cosaque du Don qui sautait sur sa propre tombe.

The earliest tombs (tombe a pozzo, shaft tombs) are previous to the beginning of Greek importation.

And thus they led a quiet life Duringe their princely raigne; And in a tombe were buried both, As writers sheweth plaine.

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