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a watch-key of the kind called a "criquet," which Breguet had lately invented.
The Two Brothers Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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a watch-key of the kind called a "criquet," which Breguet had lately invented.
The Celibates Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Phobique sociale en voie de guerison je souffre aussi d'une peur incontrolable des orthopteres (criquet, sauterelle, grillon, etc ...) et de tout ce qui se rapporte a la piscine (de l'eau a l'odeur du chlore)
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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I normally find it hard to agree with you on any given subject, but this time I'm in lockstep with you. criquet 21 minutes ago (8: 02 PM)
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Lorsque les gardes de sécurité s'en sont aperçu, ils m'ont demandé ce que je mangeais alors ils m'ont frappé jusqu'à ce que je recrache la sauterelle ou le criquet de ma bouche ''.
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Lorsque les gardes de sécurité s'en sont aperçu, ils m'ont demandé ce que je mangeais alors ils m'ont frappé jusqu'à ce que je recrache la sauterelle ou le criquet de ma bouche ''.
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It's just not cricket has nothing to do with the insect (from an onomatopoeia, via French criquet), but with the game (Flemish krick, a "stick," via an archaic French word for goal post).
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Names based on sounds crane, grackle, crow < IE root * get - ` to cry hoarsely 'cricket < Old French criquet < criquer ` to click, creak' drone < IE root * dher - ` to drone, murmur, buzz 'owl < imitative IE root * ul - ` to howl,' of. ululate swan < Germanic root * swanon ` singer '
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Had I known she meant ‘Phil’ instead of ‘fill’, I’d have been after you like a corgi after a criquet bakll, or like one’s youngest brother after a male stagehand!
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