Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The breastplate of a knight.
- noun Same as
poitrel .
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Examples
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Who would have believed that there was 310 pounds of poitrine jaune grosse in that corner of our garden?
Navelgazing 2009
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Who would have believed that there was 310 pounds of poitrine jaune grosse in that corner of our garden?
Guest posts 2010
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Who would have believed that there was 310 pounds of poitrine jaune grosse in that corner of our garden?
A Different Stripe: 2009
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Who would have believed that there was 310 pounds of poitrine jaune grosse in that corner of our garden?
A Conversation with Damion Searls about Thoreau's Journal 2009
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I think that when it was invented, the word “poitrine” would have been unappropriate to say out loud.
tea 2007
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I just don't have the belle poitrine for that kind of dress.
Archive 2008-12-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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She'll approach the perfume counter boldly, spray her ample poitrine and graceful, swanlike neck until it's glistening like a freshly dunked donut and writhe in olfactory ecstasy.
What to Give for Christmas to the Over-Applier? Marina Geigert 2008
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I just don't have the belle poitrine for that kind of dress.
Dancing in the Dark Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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She'll approach the perfume counter boldly, spray her ample poitrine and graceful, swanlike neck until it's glistening like a freshly dunked donut and writhe in olfactory ecstasy.
Archive 2008-12-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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Perhaps in a time of panty-less celebrities a pale poitrine and expensive underwear is just the touch of class we need!
Archive 2007-12-01 The Year in Pictures 2007
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