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Fernandel

British  
/ fɛrnɑ̃dɛl /

noun

  1. real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin . 1903–71, French comic film actor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As the headstrong village baker, Fernandel is volubly insistent that his son would never do such a thing, refuses to recognize the infant as a descendant.

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A crowd of 200,000 turned out happily on the Place de la Concorde to dance in the street, watch fireworks, and cheer Fernandel, Juliette Greco, the cancan line of the Moulin Rouge.

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The arrangement works beautifully; Marguerite feeds Fernandel when he is hungry, and he tells stories to her when she is bored.

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Old ski nose returns, assisted by an equally great clown, France's Fernandel.

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She laughed again and told me there was a Fernandel movie she’d like to see.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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