partie carree

Example Sentences

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But, before making use of him in the second capacity, I desired to make the acquaintance of the adjoining partie carree.

From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Taylor, Bayard

"So we shall be a partie carree," said the chaplain.

From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

It was hard on the poor chaplain to have his partie carree thus transformed.

From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

"At last we are repeating our partie carree of the Guiseppone," said Artois, as they sat down.

From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe