auberge

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Children are unsophisticated, and like sugar better than silver, any day In this auberge was a little chamois kid, of which fact we were duly apprised, when we got out, by a board put up, which said, "Here one can see a live chamois."

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  • The auberge was built as a family home in the 1930's by the father of the current innkeepers, a Frenchman who'd come to North Africa to make his fortune, and stayed because he loved it. —  The African Quest
  • In it was the palm tree after which the auberge was named. —  The African Quest
  • I could almost forget for a moment or two the problems that awaited me back at the auberge, and what I had learned from Rob. —  The African Quest
  • The apparatus is inside a quaint cottage in the gardens of the auberge, and you can't imagine a more incongruous site for the gate into another world. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • Personnel at the auberge are careful to present a neutral face while at the same time reinforcing our childhood self-defensive training. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
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  1. French, from Old French alberge (= Provencal alberc = Spanish albergue = Italian albergo, an inn), earlier helberge, orig. herberge, a military station, from Middle High German herberge, Old High German heriberga, a camp, lodging, German herberge, an inn: see harbinger and harbor.
 

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