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Hi Kristin -- The name of the falaise is Cap Canaille.
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Probably also: Canaille, how many of my people have you had shot?
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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I suggest that they be branded as the "Alimentary Canaille."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 Various
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This lace was known as "Mezzo Punto," though the French were discourteous enough to term it "Point de Canaille," as undoubtedly it was an imitation of the finer laces made in a loose, poor style.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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"What! Canaille!" cried a smith, who held the second cudgel.
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Desnoyers's is the Cadran bleu de la Canaille, (the resort of the lower orders;) but before stepping over the threshold of the cabaret of
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829 Various
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More in pity that in anger hear the roar of the _Canaille_.
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It is believed, that he found his way into "The Dunciad," and that he is immortalised there among the "Canaille Écrivante;" the line
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Probably also: Canaille, how many of my people have you had shot?
Darkness At Noon Koestler, Arthur, 1905- 1940
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"Canaille!" growled the Vicomte, his eyes ablaze with wrath.
The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini 1912
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