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Word: clignancourt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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Usage:

...give the subway a daintiness hitherto found only in boudoir and meadow. Each train traveling two of the main routes across Paris was equipped with an atomizer through which gushed a jet of perfume. On the Vincennes-Neuilly line, the fragrance was Eau de Cologne; on the Orleans-Clignancourt line, a workmen's route, it was Essence of Pine. "My," said one happy office worker arriving at his desk, "the Metro smelled deliciously today." But after a careful sniff or two, most subway riders admitted that the Metro still smelled remarkably like Old Metro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Essence of Metro | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

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