Fernandel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Fernandel won't sell bread to his friends turned foes, and the scenes swarm relentlessly, with so many Proven-gal provincials running around like so many Provencal provincials with their bread cut off.
From Time Magazine Archive
The craggy old marquis, looking not unlike a pork-fed Fernandel, towers against a symbolic sunset sky, his fist clenched beside the busts of his dead friends Franklin and Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
And even the Beatles had competition from such lens lizards as Marlon Bran do, Fernandel, Victor Borge and Ravi Shankar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maurice Chevalier, Fernandel, Patachou, Jacqueline Francois and Jean Sablon are the tour guides on this repeat of a springtime visit to Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
She laughed again and told me there was a Fernandel movie she’d like to see.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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