Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
boule . - noun
bowls ; games played with metalballs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is it perhaps taken at the site of a church, where hats are not allowed or maybe the ledge beside a shady park while a game of boules is being played?
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Most of us, of course, ignorant of such subtleties, know it as plain French boules, a game played in the shade of plane trees on the scuffed gravel of countless squares across France by elderly men in flat caps and string vests, Gitanes clamped to their lower lips and shots of pastis never far from hand.
How boules got cool 2010
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There was the most exquisite white bread, made into little round loaves called boules (whence the bakers took their French name of boulangers), of which the crust was so inviting, that, even with water alone, it would have been a delicacy.
Quentin Durward 2008
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Pétanque (aka boules) is a game where you toss steel balls (boules) across a playing field, or terrain, toward a smaller ball, called a cochonnet (pig) or “jack,” the object of it being to see who can get closest.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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There was the most exquisite white bread, made into little round loaves called boules (whence the bakers took their French name of boulangers), of which the crust was so inviting, that, even with water alone, it would have been a delicacy.
Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801
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The marquee event for the sport, commonly known as boules, began on Thursday.
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This contrasting effect of colors reaches its height in a 1972 series called "boules," where Mir painted oval balls of green, yellow and orange against a black background.
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~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~ j'ai un scoop pour toi = I have a scoop for you; étrange = strange; la lèvre (f) = lip; la pétanque (f) = petanque, a.k.a. "boules"; une boule (f) = (steel) ball
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~ j'ai un scoop pour toi = I have a scoop for you; étrange = strange; la lèvre (f) = lip; la pétanque (f) = petanque, a.k.a. "boules"; une boule (f) = (steel) ball
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~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~ j'ai un scoop pour toi = I have a scoop for you; étrange = strange; la lèvre (f) = lip; la pétanque (f) = petanque, a.k.a. "boules"; une boule (f) = (steel) ball
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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