grenouille

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This was no ordinary rubber grenouille, though ... not only was he pink and yellow, like an exotic species from the Zoo's rain forest exhibit, but THIS frog was designed to expand to more than THREE TIMES its normal size if you soaked it in water.

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  • Does the ceramic frog or grenouille replace our garden gnomes in French gardens? —  paris breakfasts
  • This was no ordinary rubber grenouille, though ... not only was he pink and yellow, like an exotic species from the Zoo's rain forest exhibit, but THIS frog was designed to expand to more than THREE TIMES its normal size if you soaked it in water. —  The Bold Soul
  • Je fouille le fauteuil pour les couilles de la grenouille. —  The Bold Soul
  • Smiley avait coutume de dire que tout ce qui manquait a une grenouille, c'etait l'education, qu'avec l'education elle pouvait faire presque tout, et je le crois. —  Sketches New and Old
  • Finalement il attrape une grenouille, l'apporte cet individu et dit:--Maintenant, si vous etes pret, mettez-la tout contra Daniel, avec leurs pattes de devant sur la meme ligne, et je donnerai le signal; puis il ajoute:--Un, deux, trois, sautez Lui et l'individu touchent leurs grenouilles par derriere, et la grenouille neuve se met h sautiller, mais Daniel se souleve lourdement, hausse les epaules ainsi, comma un Francais; a quoi bon? —  Sketches New and Old
 

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