Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In billiards, that kiss-shot, so called, in which the cue-ball drives the first object-ball against the second and meets the latter on its return from cushion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
rencounter , n.
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- noun A chance
meeting orencounter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We had better have it what they call a rencontre down there, where two gentlemen propose to kill each other on sight.
The Story of a Play A Novel William Dean Howells 1878
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Dans son chemin rencontre le grand saint Nicolas, Dieu, aidez-moi!
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This terrible 'rencontre' threw her into such a fright, that for three days she lived in constant terror, scarcely daring to venture out, even on the most urgent business, and always fearing lest she should see again the ferocious Anatolian.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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This terrible 'rencontre' threw her into such a fright, that for three days she lived in constant terror, scarcely daring to venture out, even on the most urgent business, and always fearing lest she should see again the ferocious Anatolian.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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This terrible 'rencontre' threw her into such a fright, that for three days she lived in constant terror, scarcely daring to venture out, even on the most urgent business, and always fearing lest she should see again the ferocious Anatolian.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811
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He was mighty witty, and she also making sport with him very inoffensively, that a more pleasant 'rencontre' I never heard.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was mighty witty, and she also making sport with him very inoffensively, that a more pleasant 'rencontre' I never heard.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 50: February 1666-67 Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was mighty witty, and she also making sport with him very inoffensively, that a more pleasant 'rencontre' I never heard.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was mighty witty, and she also making sport with him very inoffensively, that a more pleasant 'rencontre' I never heard.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1666/67 Pepys, Samuel 1667
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There is a lot more miscellaneous information, but I may remember it more coherently a little later when the main impressions of the rencontre are a little more faint. "[
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
chained_bear commented on the word rencontre
"Here the ground was measured out, and at the drop of a handkerchief each young man shot the other in the belly... 'Did you know about this rencontre, Stephen?' asked Jack that evening."
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 245
March 18, 2008