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· Chambre de commerce, d'agriculture & d'industrie du Togo (CCAI)
Chapter 5 1998
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· Assemble des chambres franaises de commerce et d'industrie - ACFCI
Chapter 5 1998
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· Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Maurice (CCIM)
Chapter 5 1998
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Her _salon_ was in fact crowded with busy ranks of those swindlers of distinction who, in opposition to their brethren of lower pretensions, (the chevaliers d'industrie), ought surely to be termed the chevaliers de la paresse.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 Various
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They become "seedy" words, stripped of their old meaning, mere _chevaliers d'industrie_, yet with something of the air noble about them which distinguishes them from the born
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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On the contrary, the apparently easy-going husband often proves a smart fellow, and thorough Tartar -- the brilliant lover an emancipated bagman, or contemptible _chevalier d'industrie_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various
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This bubble-blowing has been, indeed, converted into something of a mine of industry of late years, most successfully _exploité_ by all the _chevaliers d'industrie_ of the race of _farceurs_ before referred to.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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Germany, we know that all the watering-places are infested with black-leg gamblers, fortune-hunters, _chevaliers d'industrie_, through all varieties of this category.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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Those who had loitered behind complained bitterly of the deficiency in this respect; especially the chevalier d'industrie from Milan, who, being less expert with his feet than with his hands, had been one of the last to arrive.
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo
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I had really forgot he had ever taken that name, and made answer no; and that if such a person mentioned me, it was probably some chevalier d'industrie who sought to introduce himself into company by a supposed acquaintance with me.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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