Word: rintintin
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...Correction anent "Nanette et Rintintin" (TIME...
Nanette & Rintintin...
...little children, parentless, dirty, tear-begrimed and hungry were picked up by a warm-hearted gendarme during the earliest bombardment in Paris. The little boy said he was called "Rintintin" and his sister who was afraid of the big noise was "Nanette...
...expression "Nanette et Rintintin" became so popular as to become part of the Armies' argot...
...French guns were named Rintintin and Nanette. I have a picture of them with the names painted on them but I can not find it. Naturally the people in Paris worshipped those guns and being unable to wear them they made the fetich referred to by Mr. Coble to wear in place of them. They also gave them to their men folks, for were they not protecting Paris from harm, and might they not protect the soldiers even if they were not in Paris...