alpine
/ˈæl.paɪn/ adjective B2- Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline. · alpine snows· alpine plants
- Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
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In the homely Alpine villages or in the lonely mountain passes, I could tell by his quick glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny of every face that passed us, that he was well convinced that, walk where we would, we could not walk ourselves clear of the danger which was dogging our footsteps.
There was Holmes’s Alpine-stock still leaning against the rock by which I had left him.
It was the sight of that Alpine-stock which turned me cold and sick.
During our conversation we had not gone to the end of the path, and the Alpine-stock marked the place where we had stood.
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