calville
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Sentences with the word calville
Au surplus les reinettes ont bonne mine et les calvilles jaunissent.Eugène Demolder (1862-1919)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of CALVILLE
Pomme fort rouge par la pelure, & qui est même rouge en une partie de la chair. Quand on hoche une pomme de calville, on entend le bruit que font les pepins.
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