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We parked the car and headed past some shops on foot when I noticed a small, cottage like shop called metisse and on a sign it said amongst other things, kitchenware.
At My Table 2006
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We parked the car and headed past some shops on foot when I noticed a small, cottage like shop called metisse and on a sign it said amongst other things, kitchenware.
Archive 2006-12-01 2006
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Called into metisse in Olinda, a gorgeous French homewares shop on Mt Dandenong Tourist Road.
At My Table 2009
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Called into metisse in Olinda, a gorgeous French homewares shop on Mt Dandenong Tourist Road.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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(Soundbite of song "Les Entrailles Du Monde") LES NUBIANS: (Singing in French) Combien de metissage, metisse-sage, son l'heritage de nos corps chevauches.
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Across the way a metisse with long and lovely legs lay coiled after her smoke reading a glossy woman's paper, and in the cubicle next to her two middle-aged Chinese transacted business, sipping tea, their pipes laid aside.
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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He looked sadly across the dormitory to where the metisse sprawled in her great temporary peace.
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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Cinderella, for example, is changed to a beautiful metisse, wearing a quadruple _collier-choux_, _zépingues tremblants_, and all the ornaments of a da.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Christopher Wise/The Wall Street Journal Stephane Yvin, who grew up in France but has lived in Vietnam for 15 years, uses a French word to describe the "Vietnamese spices with a French touch" menu at his Hanoi restaurant Green Tangerine: metisse.
Raising the Bar 2008
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