Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An earlier form of
gash . - noun An East Indian measure of capacity (about 144 imperial bushels) and of weight (about 4 tons).
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Examples
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"She is a famous 'garce'!" was a compliment little understood by Madame de Stael when it was paid to her in a little village of La Vendee, where she spent a few days of her exile.
The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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June 8th, 2006 at 11:44 pm the churl that keeps on hurling the ilk that keep on milking the salope that wallops la garce qui est une farce
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In place of the quiet monotony of the march, relieved only by the cracking of the whip, and an '_avance donc! enfant de garce!
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters
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Then she told him of Perrin and the smuggling; and he called her a clever _garce_ for stopping Corbet's mouth.
Where Deep Seas Moan E. Gallienne Robin
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Wy ondergeschreven (alle t'samen gevaren hebbende met d'fregat de _la garce_ daer Capetain op is Willem Albertsz Blaeuvelt, gecruyst hebbende inde West Indisch) attesteeren, getuigen ende verclaren in plaets ende belofte van Solemneelen Eede, des noots synde, hoe dat waer ende waerachtich is, dat wy verovert hebben inde reviere van
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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On nomme ainsi ceux qui n'ont point vu le con de leur femme ou de leur garce.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire James Weir 1881
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English; his vocabulary being largely interspersed with "enfant de garce," "sacre," "sacre enfant," and "damn" until it was a difficult matter to tell what he was talking about.
The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Henry Inman 1868
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As Baptiste expressed it: "Sacre enfant de garce; damn, de ting vas agin my grain, but de young Arapahoe he have saved my life."
The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Henry Inman 1868
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During one of her first stays in the Loire, she was greeted with the singular formula of admiration, "Fameuse garce!"
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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He explained that _Knasterbart_ meant "a nasty fellow," and that the French _garce_ was _gare_, "a railway station!"
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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