coffret
Americannoun
plural
coffretsExample Sentences
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She shut them closely in a little chest, and this coffret she bore with her in her flight, for she would neither lose them nor forget.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Dans un coffret de nacre j’ai trois turquoises merveilleuses.
From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar
Dans un coffret incrusté d’ambre j’ai des sandales incrustées de verre.
From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar
Ung oyseau mort, appell� oyseau de paradis, envelop� de taffetas, mis en ung petit coffret de bois.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
She turned it over in her mind, and going to her coffret she took therefrom that rich stuff of sanguine silk, and set it on the couch.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
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