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  • There is a shrub which the French call graisse de boeuf, bearing a red berry, of a pungent taste; its leaves, though smaller and delicate, bear

    Brackenridge's Journal of a Voyage up The Missouri River, in 1811 1811

  • Boudin: Boyeau rempli de sang et de graisse de porc.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Je l'ai eteint en dormant et ne me suis reveillé qu'à 19h00 a cause d'une affreuse odeur de cassoulet a la graisse d'oie que mon pere etait en train de préparer.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • Viewers are encouraged not to worry: product X will remove taches de chocolat, and also taches de graisse, de pelouse, and taches de maquillage.

    Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

  • On oubliera l'episode du "on a oublié d'enlever le papier protecteur de la graisse" ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Oui on a fait une partie de peche pour recuperer l'emballage de la graisse dans la friteuse ...

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  • Paris, vu du hauteur des Saloperies, semble une grande marmite pleine de boue et de sang, où les gens grouillent, se tordent, s'empiffrent, se dévorent, et _squirment_ dans leur propre graisse, comme de la blanchaille sautant dans l'huile bouillante.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 Various

  • This is a station in Normandy, and for the boys of this region nothing can substitute a good big bowl of hot vegetable soup, seasoned with the famous _graisse normande_ and poured over thin slices of bread, the whole topped off with a glass of cider or "pure juice" as they call it.

    With Those Who Wait Frances Wilson Huard

  • Soupe a la graisse = very thin soup, chiefly made of water, with a few vegetables and some dripping.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Soupe a la graisse = very thin soup, chiefly made of water, with a few vegetables and some dripping.

    The Battle of the Strong — Volume 6 A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

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