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Word: chaignon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...catty, for if there was a secret it was Pierre's secret, and should have been respected. I knew La Rose well, serving him for 40 years, framing hundreds of his charming exquisitely drawn coats of arms, and always he lived as a man with the name Pierre de Chaignon la Rose would be expected to live. Peace to him. Fred Olsson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/22/1941 | See Source »

...someone, or to keep his cigarette chain going. But this winter there was no leisure in his walk; it was just a slow walk, and he was not smoking, and when he talked with you, he coughed at length, and the familiar smile left his face. Pierre de Chaignon la Rose had been a scholar and a dandy, but in the last few years his glory seemed to be a mere question of spats and stick-pin, though it would occasionally flash in his innumerable stories. Seeing him in full dress in the subway late at night, you could almost...

Author: By F. G., | Title: FACULTY PROFILE | 3/18/1941 | See Source »

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