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- noun Plural form of
banquette .
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Examples
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The alleys, like the streets, were sunken from the sidewalks, which they called banquettes because they served as banks when the streets flooded, which they did with even the slightest rain.
Nutrition 2010
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The alleys, like the streets, were sunken from the sidewalks, which they called banquettes because they served as banks when the streets flooded, which they did with even the slightest rain.
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Even the sidewalks, which Sebastian told me were known as banquettes, ad been repaired.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Even the sidewalks, which Sebastian told me were known as banquettes, ad been repaired.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Even the sidewalks, which Sebastian told me were known as banquettes, ad been repaired.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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What I am sure would be called banquettes are really more moon-shaped couches with a great line.
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What I am sure would be called banquettes are really more moon-shaped couches with a great line.
Augieland: 2006
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In the United States the French element is less in evidence; nevertheless in New Orleans sidewalks are called "banquettes," and embankments, "levées"; and still the names of
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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The grassy strip between two lanes of asphalt isn’t the median, but the neutral ground, and sidewalks are still sometimes called banquettes.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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The grassy strip between two lanes of asphalt isn’t the median, but the neutral ground, and sidewalks are still sometimes called banquettes.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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