Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the three columns, of twelve figures each, stamped upon a roulette-table.
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Examples
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Packing media (2-3 cm glass balls) had already been used by Nicolas Clement of France in an alcohol still referred to as a colonne absorbante and cascade chimique.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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I understood later on my parents might have been concerned with the chairs, and our good manners, but in fact, they were much more concerned with our "colonne vertébrale" (spine).
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In 1948, in my primary school, we had our first "visite médicale" - we got our first jabs, height and weight were recorded, and a doctor checked our shoulders and back (!) to make sure we didn't develop a "déformation de la colonne vertébrale" (scoliose)!
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Some of the older Dave Alsop sculpted Old Glory limited edition French, painted as legere unit, seen operating in a colonne serre formation.
BAR Napoleon Playtest Der Alte Fritz 2009
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The French 51e de Ligne advances in colonne serre formation column of open companies or grand divisions with some Baden Jagers screening their front.
BAR Napoleon Playtest Der Alte Fritz 2009
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Musica presa dalle colonne sonore originali di Transformers e The Dark Knight.
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I understood later on my parents might have been concerned with the chairs, and our good manners, but in fact, they were much more concerned with our "colonne vertébrale" spine.
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In 1948, in my primary school, we had our first "visite médicale" - we got our first jabs, height and weight were recorded, and a doctor checked our shoulders and back (!) to make sure we didn't develop a "déformation de la colonne vertébrale" (scoliose)!
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Meme pas un pitit mot dans la colonne des defauts!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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He did so mercilessly in his Siege de la colonne de Pompée, showing the scholars perched atop an ancient column known as Pompey's Pillar and fending off attacking Mamelukes with a barrage of books and scientific instruments.
Napoleon on Madison 2006
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