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They must not be confounded with the grelots lascifs, the little bells of gold or silver set by the people of Pegu in the prepuce-skin, and described by Nicolo de Conti who however refused to undergo the operation.
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Electric bells, too, are wanting, and there is still found the row of jangling _grelots_, their numbers half-obliterated, hanging above the great doorway leading to the courtyard.
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Incidentally, four facts present themselves -- that men wore wristbands and garters to which grelots were attached; that a high value was set on pearls; that metal was used for the construction of great men's gates, and that the first earthquake is said to have been experienced in A.D.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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_Boulevard des Italiens_ -- where the _beau monde_ congregated at 4 P.M., sharp; where the merry jingle of the tandem _grelots_ invaded the frosty air in January; where the freshest toilettes, the daintiest bonnets -- those
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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[FN#406] They must not be confounded with the grelots lascifs, the little bells of gold or silver set by the people of Pegu in the prepuce-skin, and described by Nicolo de Conti who however refused to undergo the operation.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Okay though are red and white, shallots, grelots and roscoff.
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Okay though are red and white, shallots, grelots and roscoff.
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Okay though are red and white, shallots, grelots and roscoff.
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Okay though are red and white, shallots, grelots and roscoff.
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Okay though are red and white, shallots, grelots and roscoff.
TankHughes commented on the word grelots
grelot means tiny bell in French but also refers to a type of onion.
October 10, 2016