affiche

Example Sentences

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But the duke cannot stand this open affiche, and withdraws his allowances.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

And no list was "the thing" without his name; no reception, no garden party, no opera-box, or private concert, or rose-shadowed boudoir, fashionably affiche without being visited by him.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

But it was not till three o'clock in the morning that the word "Victory!" was proclaimed by an affiche on the walls to the terrified population of Bruxelles!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 by Various

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

The German affiche of yesterday, ordering the Belgian flags taken down, has made everybody furious, and for a time we thought there might be trouble.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh