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accouchement

[uh-koosh-muhnt, a-koosh-mahn] / əˈkuʃ mənt, a kuʃˈmɑ̃ /


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In an immensely exciting political accouchement last week India was preparing for Provincial elections in which the number of voters will be enlarged beyond all comparison with Indian polls hitherto.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long before Nicholas Jacques Charrier entered Paris, the French press, excited beyond endurance�and reason�turned his mother's accouchement into the biggest story since the ascendancy of Charles de Gaulle.

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It is events such as the accouchement of Brigitte Bardot or Queen Elizabeth which send our competitors' sales soaring.

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At her first accouchement she took the precaution of registering at the hospital under a false name, thereby assuring detailed reports of the event in the newspapers.

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About three weeks after her secret accouchement, Julia became the wife of Frank Sydney.

From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George