Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In costume, a narrow band of stuff applied to a garment, whether for utility, as when it retains in place a belt or sash, or for mere decoration. Pattes are sometimes used to set off a rich application of any sort, as a jewel.
- n. A small strap or band used in tailoring and dressmaking for holding together two parts of a garment which just meet and do not overlap. The patte may have a button at each end, or a button and a buttonhole, etc.
- n. Cleverness; skill in execution; genius.
Examples
“Still, what the French call "patte" - that elusive quality that makes an artist's work instantly identifiable - was always there, from the earliest sketch in the show, a 1949 doodling on the back of an envelope.”
“Elle a l'air bien penaude dans son manteau "cinquième-patte”
“* The bamboo-like reeds were broken in bits along the ground and one of these bits got stuck, painfully, between the "fingers" of the dog's patte.”
“Do I need a choke for a tighter patte | Field & Stream”
I'm shooting a semi auto rem 1100 12 gauge. but the quail are totally whippin me out here!
“Symbolise l'amour des arts .... sa feuille ressemble à une patte d'ours ...”
“It is not poker, but good old rummy or theen patte (three cards).”
Where Are All the Indian Poker Players? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“Quand on lui appuie sui la patte il baille et dit "je suis fatigué" hahahaha quel humour!”
“On a meme joué au Kamikaze avec l'echelle posée sur une patte et appuyé sur un bout de polystyrene en plein milieu des escalier!”
““But the soft touch of a patte de velours will do it no harm.””
““She offers me no patte de velours; she is all form and reserve with me.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘patte’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
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