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 sometimes, mon lapin, mon lapin dore, mon chou, ma mere—they all sounded pleasantly to me, she spoke them so kindly.

From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore

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

It's the "lapin" I have had occasionally that's giving me the most qualms.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 by Various

He sang—but now more violently, and as though with a worthy protest:Le lièvre et le lapin, Quand c'est bien cuit, ça fait du bien.

From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire