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French

/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/ noun A1
  1. The people of France; groups of French people. (countable, uncountable) · The Hundred Years' War was fought between the English and the French.· Under the Fourth Republic, more and more French unionized.
  2. Synonym of oral sex, especially fellatio. (dated, slang, uncountable)
  3. A French person. (countable)

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“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,” thought Alice; “I daresay it’s a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror.” (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she began again: “Où est ma chatte?” which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 13 · B2
“Yes,” said Alice, “we learned French and music.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 73 · B2
“Now at _ours_ they had at the end of the bill, ‘French, music, _and washing_—extra.’”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 73 · B2
There’s never anybody to be had but those stupid, half-grown little French boys; and as soon as you do get one broke into your ways and taught something he’s up and off to the lobster canneries or the States.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 7 · C1

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