touche

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At the touche-ŕ-touche I touched him in two places at the same allonge, and threw his foil from him several feet.

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  • Emotions often felt different in full hookup than on a touche, and it was too early in the development to know if the effect would even be consistent. —  Asimov's SF, June2006
  • I'llSeeYunel: i heard that when he says "touche," he actually means
  • JOAO - touche 'written by Augustus, December 04, 2008 —  Home
  • On his Wiki he is described as an artiste touche-a-tous. —  Filles Sourires
  • If de Macklodds do touche, by von small hinch, de lands of de Companie--ve vill--hah Another stab of the fork was all that the savage Le Rue vouchsafed as an explanation of his intentions In this frame of mind Reginald Redding and his man started off next morning on foot at an early hour, slept that night at a place called Sam's hut, and, the following evening, drew near to the end of their journey CHAPTER THREE A BRIEF BUT AGREEABLE MEETING The little outskirt settlement of Partridge Bay was one of those infant colonies which was destined to become in future years a flourishing and thickly-peopled district of Canada. —  Wrecked but not Ruined
 

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