cure-oreille
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Sentences with the word cure-oreille
Le long de la voie des peupliers fusaient droit vers le ciel ; d'autres, dénudés, sommés d'une petite touffette de feuilles, ressemblaient à de gigantesques cure-oreilles.Fernand Kolney (1868-1930)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of CUREOREILLE s. m.
est un petit instrument avec lequel les gens propres se nettoyent, se curent les oreilles, ostent le suif on la cire de leurs oreilles.
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