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

Bonzig knew all the cheap eating‑houses in Paris, and what each was specially renowned for—"bonne friture," "fricassée de lapin," "pommes sautées," "soupe aux choux," etc., etc.

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

"Je t'ai offert huit sous, tu sais, lapin!"

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

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)