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Examples
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De longs poils qui laissaient les vertèbres saillir;
Les Hurleurs 1920
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On lui présente une jument comme pour la saillir, et cependant on le retient de façon à bien irriter ses idées.
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833
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French writers do not hesitate at all upon this point, but even assert that it is very difficult to take a she-wolf with male dogs during the period of oestrum, parceque la veulent saillir et covrir comme une chienne.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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