foison

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Foison became a captain and lived till 1843.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

And as Captain Mancel, who presided at the interview, remarked that those were indeed the bands used by gendarmes, Foison left the room with more threats, swearing that he owed an account to no one.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

It was said that at dawn that morning the quartermaster Foison and four of his men had gone into an inn at Mathieu, one of them carrying a gun with the butt-end broken.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

She was the protectress of young married people and infants, and so was worshipped especially by women. 441-29 Foison and plenty mean about the same thing.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

She found Mme. de Vaubadon's guide at the rendezvous before the church door; it was Foison, whom she recognised.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]