Etymologies
- French travers, breadth, extent from side. See traverse. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Five Real People From The Three Musketeers (with a Bonus person) blowin'i n the wind, blowing in the wind, if I had a hammer, leavin 'on a jet plane, leaving on a jet plane, mary travers, peter paul and mary, puff the magic dragon, where have all the flowers gone”
“Plus la part de gâteau est belle, plus elle a de chance de tomber de travers dans l'assiette au moment de la servir.”
“April 15, 2010, 5: 36 pm whit says: chris travers ... methinks your sarcasm meter is brokenwhit (Quote)”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
“Sat 11/21/09 9: 21 PM that was peter travers of rolling stone!!”
“D'autant plus, je vous félicite de prendre au sérieux l'enjeu en animant « le débat au menu », dont vous parlez dans votre éditorial du 29 juillet, à travers de plusieurs articles substantiels de divers perspectives, tels comme l'analyse de l'agronome Michel William, l'interview avec l'agronome Emmanuel Prophète par Charles Merla, et plusieurs autres reportages.”
The Huffington Post: Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince
“Chris travers: To me this means that the whole structure at the moment is built on a rotten foundation and should be wiped clean.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “What if the Palestinians Don’t Want a State?”
“Clip de 70 Million, chanson du groupe franco-americain Hold Your Horses ! produit par L'Ogre, mettant en scène les membres du groupe dans un voyage à travers l'histoire de l'art.”
“What a lovely opportunity to introduce “de guingois” ... more musical to my ears that the simple “de travers”, and as picturesque as "de traviole"!”
“Also famous is The Impossible Voyage Le voyage à travers l'impossible from 1904.”
“« L'Ascension – une nouvelle science » décrit à travers de multiples facettes ce qui est en train de se passer sur la Terre: l'émergence d'une nouvelle structure de conscience.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘travers’.
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Dressage
A list of formal movements, exercises, terms and phrases, and words used in the art of dressage, horse-training, and judging.
turn on the haunches, shoulder-in, renvers, travers, half-pass, pirouette, turn on the forehand, shoulder-fore, leg-yield, collection, degree of collection, bend and 87 more...
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
yeoman, summoner, chandler, ostler, carter, chapman, slaver, mason, cordwainer, cooper, glazier, dyer and 187 more...
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