Tourcoing

[ toor-kwan ]

noun

1. a city in N France, near the Belgian border.

Tourcoing

/ turkwɛ̃ /

noun

1. a town in NE France: textile manufacturing. Pop: 93 540 (1999)

Example Sentences

Their plan was wrecked by their utter defeat at Tourcoing on May 16, where the British suffered heavily.

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The looms and machinery are being taken away from the textile mills in Roubaix and Tourcoing and sent to Germany.

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A chance seedling found in a garden of the town of Tourcoing, Fr.

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As at Tourcoing, so at Mouveaux, a desperate attempt was made to hold the position.

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Now, in the case of Tourcoing, there was none of this, for the French at Tourcoing were surprised.

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