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  • We parked the car and headed past some shops on foot when I noticed a small, cottage like shop called metisse and on a sign it said amongst other things, kitchenware.

    At My Table 2006

  • We parked the car and headed past some shops on foot when I noticed a small, cottage like shop called metisse and on a sign it said amongst other things, kitchenware.

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • Called into metisse in Olinda, a gorgeous French homewares shop on Mt Dandenong Tourist Road.

    At My Table 2009

  • Called into metisse in Olinda, a gorgeous French homewares shop on Mt Dandenong Tourist Road.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • (Soundbite of song "Les Entrailles Du Monde") LES NUBIANS: (Singing in French) Combien de metissage, metisse-sage, son l'heritage de nos corps chevauches.

    Afro-French 'Echos' from Les Nubians 2005

  • Across the way a metisse with long and lovely legs lay coiled after her smoke reading a glossy woman's paper, and in the cubicle next to her two middle-aged Chinese transacted business, sipping tea, their pipes laid aside.

    The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955

  • He looked sadly across the dormitory to where the metisse sprawled in her great temporary peace.

    The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955

  • Cinderella, for example, is changed to a beautiful metisse, wearing a quadruple _collier-choux_, _zépingues tremblants_, and all the ornaments of a da.

    Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Christopher Wise/The Wall Street Journal Stephane Yvin, who grew up in France but has lived in Vietnam for 15 years, uses a French word to describe the "Vietnamese spices with a French touch" menu at his Hanoi restaurant Green Tangerine: metisse.

    Raising the Bar 2008

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