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  • His name was Labouise, but he was called Chicot, and was in partnership with Maillochon, commonly called Mailloche, to practice the doubtful and undefined profession of junk-gatherers along the shore.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 03 Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • His name was Labouise, but he was called Chicot, and was in partnership with Maillochon, commonly called Mailloche, to practice the doubtful and undefined profession of junk-gatherers along the shore.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • Henri sat up and called Chicot, who was asleep on the couch.

    Chicot the Jester Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • "Your majesty, without intending it, perhaps, compared me to Chicot, which is not very flattering."

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • Farther on we passed a large island called Chicot or Stump Island, and encamped on the south, after making ten miles.

    History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean 1814

  • A whiff of _The Three Musketeers_ would exhilarate the house at the entry of "Chicot," the Jester of _The Sketch_; while finally we might look for an excellent effect from "Claudius Clear" and "A Man of Kent," of _The British Weekly_, masquerading as the Heavenly Twins.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Various 1898

  • Brother, "Chicot" is a book you lend only to your dearest friend, and then remind him next day that he hasn't sent it back.

    The Delicious Vice Young Ewing Allison 1892

  • I would not wound the susceptibilities of any reader; but speaking for myself -- "Chicot" being beloved of my heart -- if there was a mean man, living in a mean street, who had the last volume of "Chicot" in existence, I would pour out my library's last heart's blood to get it.

    The Delicious Vice Young Ewing Allison 1892

  • Those of our readers who have read "Chicot," already know the Duc d'Anjou, that jealous, egotistical, ambitious prince, and who, born so near to the throne, had never been able to wait with resignation until death offered him a free passage to it.

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • "Chicot," said the king, in a melancholy tone, "you abuse my sadness."

    Chicot the Jester Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

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