tout court
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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By her own admission, Ms. Ypi receives a good deal of hate mail from her compatriots, who regard her failure to condemn communism tout court as a form of moral betrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
This, again, leads us back to the Coens' central problem: their reflexivity as directors, making films of films rather than films tout court.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2011
Ordinarily Mrs. Warrender was spoken of as their mother, tout court, without any endearing adjective.
From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
It is the illicit diamond buyer, or as they term it, tout court, I.D.B., who has been the sharpest thorn in the digger’s side.
From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
He had known his gentle doom on the Friday; and her "Randal," tout court, sealed it, for never had she used his name so to him before.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver
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