tailleur
Example Sentences
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She populated it with Little Black Riding Hood tailleurs and an array of evermore romantic evening dresses clasped at the waist by sculptural belts and crowned at the head.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
At passe-dix, every time the dice are thrown, the tailleurs announce how many the person playing has gained.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 by Various
Up and down the famous thoroughfare of Europe went the absurd pale blue tweed tailleurs and the lavender tweed cape suits of America's wives and daughters.
From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna
They have frank, hardy faces, marked with belief that life is worth living: "Les tailleurs de pierre Sont de bons enfants; Ils ne mangent guère Mais ils solvent longtemps!"
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
At roulette, the tailleurs are those who put the ball in motion and announce the result.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 by Various
