lapin

Example Sentences

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New Yorkers raving over slowly braised lapin, complaining about the too small holes in their bread and cheeses!

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2016

It was at this time that Saby sold us a few rabbits, but, again, toujours lapin was not satisfactory.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

I've fixed it all right, mon lapin," he said; "if the worst comes to the worst they'll bail you out with the Mess funds.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 by Various

Fable.—Compos�e a l'�ge de 13 ans, par Napoleon I. C�sar, chien d'arr�t renomm�, Mais trop enfl� de son m�rite, Tennait arr�t� dans son g�te Un malheureux lapin de peur inanim�.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe

In France it is the rabbit's nest, "nid le lapin," that people sometimes discover.

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)