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"Hommes 40: Chevaux 8," may be all right for the "Chevaux," but for the "Hommes" we consider a revised number is required.
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman
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On the side of each carriage was the sign Hommes 40 Chevaux 8 (i.e. 40 men 8 horses).
Doug Nix 2010
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Paris smelled of petrol and hummed even as inexpensive Deux Chevaux backfired in the distance.
Carole Mallory: Pan Am Days: Dancing With Paris In 1966 Carole Mallory 2011
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The sound of the city was a low hum punctuated by backfiring Deux Chevaux.
Carole Mallory: Pan Am Days: Dancing With Paris In 1966 Carole Mallory 2011
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Paris smelled of petrol and hummed even as inexpensive Deux Chevaux backfired in the distance.
Carole Mallory: Pan Am Days: Dancing With Paris In 1966 Carole Mallory 2011
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The sound of the city was a low hum punctuated by backfiring Deux Chevaux.
Carole Mallory: Pan Am Days: Dancing With Paris In 1966 Carole Mallory 2011
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On one side Citroens vie with Deux Chevaux, horns blare, and brakes squeal amid a breath of diesel and carbon.
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Loaded on boxcars, marked “Hommes 40, Chevaux 8” which translated means Men 40, Horses 8.
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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Dieppe was too awful for anything; it is the most depressing place in the world, even Petits Chevaux was not to be had as the Casino was closed.
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The Grand Cross of St. Louis, the title of Count, the command of a crack cavalry regiment, the l4me Chevaux
Burlesques 2006
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