Definitions
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- noun A type of
manor orcountry house .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"If the manoir is a delicate waltz then [the brasserie] is a cancan," says Blanc.
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But after taking us to dinner in a local bistro, Monsieur Lenotre insisted that our team stay for the evening at his Loire Valley "manoir" and eat his famous "Kugelhopf Lenotre" before beating a path back to Paris.
Flora Lazar: Gaston Lenotre, "God of Desserts," Dies at 88 2010
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But after taking us to dinner in a local bistro, Monsieur Lenotre insisted that our team stay for the evening at his Loire Valley "manoir" and eat his famous "Kugelhopf Lenotre" before beating a path back to Paris.
Flora Lazar: Gaston Lenotre, "God of Desserts," Dies at 88 2009
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It has more of the character of a "maison forte" than of a "manoir," as was termed the habitation of a knight, and of those who holding a fief, yet did not possess the seignorial right to a castle with towers and donjon.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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Du coup je suis tranquille pour me balader dans le manoir un bout de temps et ce tres sereinement!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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** Ben j'ai bien chercher partout partout, fait renifler Hewie un peu partout dans le manoir!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Enfin j'ai pas trop capté pk rechercher Mio dans le manoir ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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Pk il va la rechercher dans le manoir puisque l'aventure du deux ne se passait mais alors pas du tout dans l'manoir mais dans un village qui n'avait rien a voir??
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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En plus il y a un moment ou en soulevant una trape de son appart rei de retrouve dans un passage secret lugubre qui fait penser au mur du manoir ... enfin c etrange ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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He'd be off to buy one of those million-pound _faux-manoir _estates that we, or at least our wives, all drooled over.
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