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Examples
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For example: un coquelicot (or poppy) for Jules from Maine ... or "un oeillet jaune (a yellow carnation) from Beijing" ....
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For example: un coquelicot (or poppy) for Jules from Maine ... or "un oeillet jaune (a yellow carnation) from Beijing" ....
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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For example: un coquelicot (or poppy) for Jules from Maine ... or "un oeillet jaune (a yellow carnation) from Beijing" ....
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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That winking oeillet, sassy carnations a block away spiking the breeze, that ooh-la-la fresh-air summertime flirtation?
Archive 2008-02-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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That winking oeillet, sassy carnations a block away spiking the breeze, that ooh-la-la fresh-air summertime flirtation?
My drummer must be different: Annick Goutal Les Orientalistes (Ambre Fetiche, Myrrhe Ardente and Encens Flamboyant) Marina Geigert 2008
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For example: un coquelicot (or poppy) for Jules from Maine... or "un oeillet jaune (a yellow carnation) from Beijing"....
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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For example: un coquelicot (or poppy) for Jules from Maine... or "un oeillet jaune (a yellow carnation) from Beijing"....
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According to Scent Systems:"Generations have grown-up without realizing that carnation flowers, or oeillet, are supposed to have a heart-meltingly beautiful spicy floral scent."
Archive 2007-08-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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The carnation, or _oeillet_, was called _armerie_; the pansy was particularly in favour with the ladies, who embroidered it on their handkerchiefs and their girdles.
Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus
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From this conversation the countess retired to her dressing-room, to commence the important mysteries of the toilet; for though, when dressed, she still appeared a handsome woman, the roses of her cheek had in reality faded, and were to be renewed with oeillet carne; and her neck, once white and elastic, required the aid of pearl powder and madame Dupont’s elastic corsets.
yarb commented on the word oeillet
"You look quite satanically fit, Dad. Especially with that fresh oeillet in your lapel eye."
- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor.
May 17, 2008