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Word: petit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their way down from the hills with their annual offering of confiture (jam), the local nickname for opium. Most of the boys have a Mediterranean origin: Couscous, a wiry North African; Carlo the Corsican; a Eurasian called Moitie Gnakouey; and a clutch of characters of vaguely French antecedents-Petit Pere, La Seche Noire (the Black Cigarette), Le Gorille Gris (the Grey Gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: The Boys at the Snow Leopard | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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