garcon

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He was just at this time living en garcon, his wife and children being away on a visit.

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  • Vous voulez qu'il ait ete beau garcon, et meme galant homme. —  Letters of Horace Walpole, v2
  • C'est un beau garcon, et tres digne de sa protection a tout egard. —  George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
  • My breakfast is made a la garcon : dinners, ;c., from a neighbouring eatinghouse. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
  • You Engleesh boys, big garcon, always hungries. —  Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
  • "We are so much obliged to you for helping us as you have Mon garcon, mon ami," he exclaimed; and instead of shaking hands, he folded me in his arms and kissed me on both cheeks. —  Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
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