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  • "_Chère enfant, chère enfant_, forgive an old papa -- _qui t'a fait bobo_ -- and you are actually going to marry my Théo?"

    The Halo Bettina Von Hutten 1915

  • A celebrated English writer, to whom the label enfant terrible has stuck, thinks that English politicians are worthless, and the dear old place is finished, more or less.

    Cursing one's homeland before fleeing overseas, Martin Amis, is a cliche 2011

  • The avant garde French designer -- whose daring coups over the years earned him the nickname "enfant terrible" -- stands out not only because of his technique but because of his art, identity, and influence upon the world.

    Simona Rabinovitch: Jean Paul Gaultier Museum Exhibit in Montreal Simona Rabinovitch 2011

  • The avant garde French designer -- whose daring coups over the years earned him the nickname "enfant terrible" -- stands out not only because of his technique but because of his art, identity, and influence upon the world.

    Simona Rabinovitch: Jean Paul Gaultier Museum Exhibit in Montreal Simona Rabinovitch 2011

  • The avant garde French designer -- whose daring coups over the years earned him the nickname "enfant terrible" -- stands out not only because of his technique but because of his art, identity, and influence upon the world.

    Simona Rabinovitch: Jean Paul Gaultier Museum Exhibit in Montreal Simona Rabinovitch 2011

  • The avant garde French designer -- whose daring coups over the years earned him the nickname "enfant terrible" -- stands out not only because of his technique but because of his art, identity, and influence upon the world.

    Simona Rabinovitch: Jean Paul Gaultier Museum Exhibit in Montreal Simona Rabinovitch 2011

  • He's certainly put a new twist on the meaning of the expression enfant terrible.

    The stupid! It burns! CC 2008

  • Thomas Ades, described as the enfant terrible of the British classical music world and Peter Donohoe couldn't join us as they needed to rehearse for their concerts.

    Pablo Ganguli: Visitors in Russia 2008

  • The atmosphere was bon enfant, that is, it was mainly composed by friends and relatives and a dusting of onlookers like me.

    Venezuela in music 2006

  • The atmosphere was bon enfant, that is, it was mainly composed by friends and relatives and a dusting of onlookers like me.

    12/10/2006 - 12/17/2006 2006

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