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  • adjective Alternative form of Alfonsine.

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Examples

  • ActionAid's work in Rwanda means women such as Alphonsine can improve their family's income.

    A first-hand look at life-changing work 2011

  • Mother Alphonsine started serving her fish soup, bouillabaisse, assisted by two sons Etienne and Didi, who still run it.

    Jay Weston: Authentic Bouillabaisse on Bastille Day at South Coast Plaza Jay Weston 2011

  • Mother Alphonsine started serving her fish soup, bouillabaisse, assisted by two sons Etienne and Didi, who still run it.

    Jay Weston: Authentic Bouillabaisse on Bastille Day at South Coast Plaza Jay Weston 2011

  • One girl, Alphonsine, became a cloistered nun, another, Anthalie, lives a very humble life in Kibeho, she has dedicated herself to prayer and good works and has vowed to never leave until Mary says so.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Dymphna 2008

  • One girl, Alphonsine, became a cloistered nun, another, Anthalie, lives a very humble life in Kibeho, she has dedicated herself to prayer and good works and has vowed to never leave until Mary says so.

    let all mortal flesh keep silent.... Dymphna 2008

  • Yet, as it turns out, one of the female models, Alphonsine, was late and the other models impatient.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2007

  • Alphonsine, or any such tables, which are grounded from those other suppositions.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • No excuse will save our narrator from being fired when she returns to the 24th century, but she always be remembered for her place in one of the most famous paintings ever as the woman who could be Alphonsine or a mysterious other.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2007

  • The relevant part of the story is that Alphonsine "Therese" Makowsky known to her family as "Te" and her husband Jacques owned 200 acres they named Idle Wild Farms.

    Orange-Marinated Game Hens 2006

  • The relevant part of the story is that Alphonsine "Therese" Makowsky known to her family as "Te" and her husband Jacques owned 200 acres they named Idle Wild Farms.

    Herbal Triptych 2006

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