carpillon
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Sentences with the word carpillon
Ceci rentre dans la moralité de carpillon frétin et du chien maigre.Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794)
Soudain, le bouchon s'arrêta et commença à trembler sous l'eau, ce qui signifiait que le brochet mangeait le carpillon.Les temps modernes, 2017, Ghislaine Chatté (Cairn.info)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of CARPEAU s. m.
Petite carpe. On l'appelle autrement allevin.
Historical definition of CARPILLON s. m.
C'est la même chose que carpeau.
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