lapin
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New Yorkers raving over slowly braised lapin, complaining about the too small holes in their bread and cheeses!
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
It was at this time that Saby sold us a few rabbits, but, again, toujours lapin was not satisfactory.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
This she kept to herself; it was her wise policy to remain douce comme un lapin blanc, which she did.
From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer
In France it is the rabbit's nest, "nid le lapin," that people sometimes discover.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
It was sometimes, mon lapin, mon lapin dore, mon chou, ma mere—they all sounded pleasantly to me, she spoke them so kindly.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Susan Fenimore Cooper
It had a very faded sign above the door, some billiard cues painted on the wall and the inoffensive name "Au rendezvous des lapins".
From Tartarin De Tarascon by Oliver C. Colt
And the mission of these men of intelligent culture seemed to be to poser des lapins sur la jeune presse.
From Vain Fortune by George (George Augustus) Moore
