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  • One bucket contained a pot for the broth and an earthenware stove, called a coffre-feu in French.

    The Dish: Pho 2008

  • À REVOIR : le tarif astronomique de l'exclusivité, le coffre minuscule, les remous d'air

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • À REVOIR : le tarif astronomique de l'exclusivité, le coffre minuscule, les remous d'air

    [bugatti] mille et un chevaux - wow 2009

  • My six- and eight-year-olds specialize in food retrieval, but also in food storage, so when the coffre was finally emptied, they gladly joined me in arranging the items.

    Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

  • Indeed, “tronc” is the appendage of the elephant but “coffre” is the box into which one can place luggage, etc.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Oleg Kuzin 2006

  • Indeed, “tronc” is the appendage of the elephant but “coffre” is the box into which one can place luggage, etc.

    MICROSOFT PEOPLE READY/Publicité boiteuse Oleg Kuzin 2006

  • Arriver au coffre elle ouvre je pose les paquets de bonbec dedans, me dirige vers la porte passagere attendant que Mademoiselle ait finit de tripatouiller sa nouvelle acquisition lumineuse.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • As I could only oppose my single asseveration to his suspicion, he told me one day, “Your vord not be give me de satisfaction — me find necessaire to chercher for my medicine; pardonnez moi — il faut chercber — me demand le clef of your coffre a cette heure.”

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • This formidable "coffre fort" was a favourite residence of the Dukes of

    Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

  • It is always better to watch ze thief than ze _coffre-fort_.

    The Dark House 1922

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