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We flashed from open country to a shady park, set about with buvettes and beer gardens; ran through a massive gateway, and were in the heart of
The Car of Destiny Armand [Illustrator] Both 1901
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The number of shops, especially of drinking-shops -- sordid _cafés_ and flashy _buvettes, _ where the enterprising poisoners of the coal-miner stood behind their zinc counters pouring out the corrosive absinthe and the beetroot brandy -- told of the prosperity of Cransac.
Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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_buvettes_ are kept, for the most part, by the wives of miners and other artisans, as a means of adding to the family income.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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