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Word: leur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usual Royal Assent to the Money Bills passed by Parliament was intoned in archaic Norman French: "Le roi remerci ses bons sujets, accepte leur bénévolence et ainsi le veult!" ["The King thanks his good subjects, accepts their benevolence (grants of money), and so wills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...cheval!" the French maitre d'hotel has confessed privately, "a bit of horseflesh for a people who will eat any meat providing it is 'corned.' . . . C'est leur propre fourrage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Horses into Gourmets | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

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