cheveu

She meant, of course, that she had un cheveu (a hair) in her salad!

arrosoir - French Word-A-Day 2008

She meant, of course, that she had un cheveu a hair in her salad!

arrosoir - French Word-A-Day 2008

The Gallian general Chevert, led a hand-picked force 6 btns of infantry, including Les Gardes Francaises, 4 sets of 4 pounders, 6 squadrons of heavy horse, 4 squadrons of Saxon cheveu-legers, and les Uhlans de Saxe, who had been acting as the bodyguard for Lady Pettigree.

Battle of Muhlenberg - January 19, 1758 Der Alte Fritz 2008

The Gallian general Chevert, led a hand-picked force 6 btns of infantry, including Les Gardes Francaises, 4 sets of 4 pounders, 6 squadrons of heavy horse, 4 squadrons of Saxon cheveu-legers, and les Uhlans de Saxe, who had been acting as the bodyguard for Lady Pettigree.

Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

Avoir un cheveu sur la langue: "To have a hair on the tongue"

le dos - French Word-A-Day 2004

"Le cheveu!" one brazen youngster shouted, running his hand through his own hair by way of demonstrating Thatchy's most conspicuous characteristic.

Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913

Dieu, qui a toutes choses sujettes ` a soi, veille sur nous d'un soin paternel, tellement qu'il ne tombera point un cheveu de notre tete sans sa volonte.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

The Emperor, looking on, cried out, "Bravo, Madame!" and, gathering some flowers off the table, handed them to me, saying: "Votre succès tenait à un cheveu, n'est-ce pas?"

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

They come in _comme un cheveu sur la soupe_, to be removed at once.

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1868

Le secret consistoit à prendre un cheveu be la fille, on le plaçoit d'abord dans son haut-de-chausses; on faisoit une confession générale et on fesoit dire trois messes, pendant les quelles on mettoit le cheveu autour de son col; on allumait un cièrge béni au dernier Evangile en on prononcait cette formule.

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833