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  • Was it not Scarron who wrote a poem, 'A Guillemette, chienne de ma soeur, 'but quarrelling with his sister just as the volume was about to appear, put in the _errata_,' For _chienne de ma soeur_ read _ma chienne de soeur_ '!

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

  • "Je dois practicer ce truc", "Je dois deleter ce machin", and I use "chienne" much more to describe ppl I don't like.

    Reason 37 why I enjoy the company of fellow expatriates, and vice versa: 2005

  • For dogs, the parents are "le chien & la chienne".

    amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • For dogs, the parents are "le chien & la chienne".

    amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ en bref = briefly; bâtard (e) = mutt; le chien (la chienne) = dog; la porte-fenêtre

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ en bref = briefly; bâtard (e) = mutt; le chien (la chienne) = dog; la porte-fenêtre

    veinard - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ en bref = briefly; bâtard (e) = mutt; le chien (la chienne) = dog; la porte-fenêtre

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • As Lars said, it based on a French Jean Renoir film “le chienne” which makes it funny that she is named Kitty in the US version.

    100 Mysteries: Slap-Happy Dan, pt. 2 – The Bleat. 2009

  • Looked to be in her thirties, dark attractively coiffured hair, perfect makeup you chienne, how *do* you desperately stylish women manage to look so fresh-faced all day long?

    Miss Snark sightings Miss Snark 2006

  • Looked to be in her thirties, dark attractively coiffured hair, perfect makeup you chienne, how *do* you desperately stylish women manage to look so fresh-faced all day long?

    Archive 2006-12-03 Miss Snark 2006

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