affiche

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The group to which she pointed was still distant, but Lord Findon, even at seventy, had the eyes of an eagle, and could read an affiche a mile off.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The paper they were going to prosecute was an affiche calling upon the French people to overthrow l'aristocratie bourgeoise, which was as bad as the other, and to divide the lands.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

The composition of the affiche was that of the two Miss Dunns jointly, who prided themselves upon being elegant scholars.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

The German affiche of yesterday, ordering the Belgian flags taken down, has made everybody furious, and for a time we thought there might be trouble.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh