Comines
Americannoun
noun
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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022
Comines, historian and scholar as he was, and favorite of Louis XI, had a taste of imprisonment in one of those famous iron cages of which his old master had been so fond.
From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Butler, Pierce
Crossing the Lys on the following days between Wervicq and Comines, the British now drew near to Menin.
From Ypres and the Battles of Ypres by Unknown
Towards the end of the fifteenth century modern French poetry may be said to have had its origin in Villon and French prose in Comines.
From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by Smedley, William T.
On the extinction of the family, the lordship was assigned by Louis XI. to Philippe de Comines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
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