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accouchement

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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, he and the Duchess, ex-Susie Potter of Chicago, had been separated since the latter's accouchement, 20 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1910 he was in Paris assisting, with Picasso and Braque, at the accouchement of cubism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nursing women are generally sterile, above all, during the first months which follow accouchement, because the vital forces are then concentrated on the secretion of the milk.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)




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