Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A patch worn as an ornament.
- n. In the hurdy-gurdy, the open string next to the lowest one, usually tuned to the G next below middle C.
Examples
“At the word mouche the rector rose and took from a drawer in one of the tall chests a small round basket made of fine osier, a pile of ivory counters yellow as a Turkish pipe after twenty years’ usage, and a pack of cards as greasy as those of the custom-house officers at Saint – Nazaire, who change them only once in two weeks.”
“-- SEINE RIVER Cruise on a bateau mouche (boat), board near the Eiffel Tower, take the métro to Trocadero, walk across to Eiffel Tower, easy, relaxing, worth the time”
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day
“[Diminutif de “mouche”] in Newforest Vocab Notes | Permalink”
“Le temps, c'est la toile dont je suis à la fois l'araignée et la mouche.”
“Hélas, * our heroine wouldn't harm so much as a miserable mouche, * but scold a slacker she would!”
“Then we did an hour on the Seine on a baton mouche, night time, with Paris all lit up.”
“Hélas,* our heroine wouldn't harm so much as a miserable mouche,* but scold a slacker she would!”
“Epargne-la cette mouche qui prie mains jointes et pieds joints!”
“Epargne-lacette mouche qui priemains jointes et pieds joints!”
“References: le hangar (m) = shed; la mouche (f) = fly”
Lists
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Tweets
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reesetee Ha! May 28, 2010
Prolagus An American was sitting in a Paris cafe eating soup when a fly dropped into her bowl. “There's un mouche in my soup!” she exclaimed. A nearby waiter corrected her. “Non, Madame. Une mouche.” The American replied, “Wow, you French have good eyes!”
Read here. May 26, 2010