paillard

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The baroque composition was little known before 1968 when Jean-François Paillard made an arrangement and a recording with lacework pizzicato and a thick patina of strings that radically changed its fortunes.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

Crowds are steadily gathering at the Stade de France, after the mayor of St-Denis, Didier Paillard, called on the town’s residents to pay tribute to the victims of last Friday’s attacks.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2015

GMT05:22 Didier Paillard, the mayor of St-Denis, the scene of yesterday morning’s raids, has called on the town’s citizens to gather tonight in tribute to the victims of last Friday’s attacks.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2015

Bruno Paillard, of the eponymous Champagne house, said he saw one third fewer ‘botrytis attacks’ in his organic vineyards, versus conventional ones.

From Time • Oct. 13, 2014

Clapperdogeon = "The Paillard or Clapperdogeons, are those that have been brought up to beg from their infancy, and frequently counterfeit lameness, making their legs, arms, and hands appear to be sore"—Triumph of Wit, p.

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen