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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A village in northwest France on the coast of Brittany. It is famous for its prehistoric megalithic monuments that extend in parallel rows.
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- proper noun A seaside resort in South
Brittany ,France
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Examples
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As Tarboe grasped it in his own big paw, he was conscious of a strength in the grip which told him that the physical capacity of the "painter-fellow," as he afterwards called Carnac, had points worthy of respect.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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As Tarboe grasped it in his own big paw, he was conscious of a strength in the grip which told him that the physical capacity of the "painter-fellow," as he afterwards called Carnac, had points worthy of respect.
Carnac's Folly, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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As Tarboe grasped it in his own big paw, he was conscious of a strength in the grip which told him that the physical capacity of the "painter-fellow," as he afterwards called Carnac, had points worthy of respect.
Carnac's Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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He recollected, however, (talking of the porticoes,) that one affixed to an inferior palace in a kind of suburb called Carnac, consisted of a hundred and forty-four columns, thirty-seven feet in circumference, and twenty-five feet apart.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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Note: For younger readers who don't know "Carnac" ... here's a little reference.
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Note: For younger readers who don't know "Carnac" ...
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So I put all the -- you know, "The famous mystic, the seer, soothsayer," you know, former dress designer to Janet Reno, "Carnac," you know.
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You know, we never -- I never saw it till, you know, I only -- I'd see on the rundown, "Carnac," that's all I would see.
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So I put all the -- you know, "The famous mystic, the seer, soothsayer," you know, former dress designer to Janet Reno, "Carnac," you know.
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You know, we never -- I never saw it till, you know, I only -- I'd see on the rundown, "Carnac," that's all I would see.
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