Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small bow or loop of ribbon used in decorative trimming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
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Examples
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When she had the ingredients, Maman made something she called coque, or matefaim, roughly translated as "hunger quencher," a kind of
NPR Topics: News 2010
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When she had the ingredients, Maman made something she called coque, or matefaim, roughly translated as "hunger quencher," a kind of
NPR Topics: News 2010
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It wasn't such a pretty sight before the "coque" was unfinished when we moved here, leaving a concrete "plage" all around.
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It wasn't such a pretty sight before (the "coque" was unfinished when we moved here, leaving a concrete "plage" all around.
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However, when my sister got married, her English mother-in-law referred to it constantly as a “coque en bouche”.
une pièce montée 2008
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The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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As it is clearly not a tandem, the Isaac Force spaceframe rider has just one coque.
The Cruelty of Fate: Victimized Velos BikeSnobNYC 2009
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La coque de son écran est en alliage de magnesium, soit vingt fois plus résistante aux chocs et deformations que les plastiques utilisés habituellement.
Pro-Consumerist Poet #2 : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.
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