lou

Example Sentences

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He describes the praying mantis, "or, as they say in Provence, lou Pr�go Di�ou, the Pray-to-God," with keen observation and lively imagination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sophisticated savers are turning instead to Treasury bills that pay nearly 7%; commercial paper, a form of corporate lou, that yields 7.5%; and commercial-bank certificates of deposit, that pay almost 8%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Por relever les quatre dames, Se levèrent de leurs escames Et chen et lou et autres bestes, Eve lor getent sor les testes.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

"Renté, renté, Rey de France, Que si non, qu'en mourt ou pris," Quin seri lou Rey de France?

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

The pea, the broad bean, the vetch, and the chick-pea all have their vermin; but the haricot, lou gounflo-gus, never.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard