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

Sus tu larjo esquinasso es un mounto-davalo; T'aganton pèr lou bè, li bano, lis artèu; Tiron d'eici, d'eilà.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

Presently the last-named individual turned to me— "Ces messieurs veulent-ils voir le Saut de lou Contrabandiste?" said he, in the barbarous dialect of the district, half French, half patois, with a small dash of Spanish.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

Quand lou chaple a pres fin, que lou loup e la rùssi An rousiga lis os, lou soulèu flamejant Esvalis gaiamen lou brumage destrùssi E lou prat bataié tourno lèu verdejant.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred