Courtrai

Russia produces more than one-half the world's crop, but the finest and choicest is that known as Courtrai fibre, which is grown in Belgium.

Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895

Ms. Vlaeminck said she had gone to the tattoo parlor in the western town of Courtrai and asked for three small stars on her face but fell asleep and woke up sporting 56 black stars of various sizes.

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Gombert was a cleric, perhaps a priest, and was awarded ecclesiastical benefices at Courtrai, Béthune, Lens and Metz.

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More useful was Le Sauvage's gift of a canonry in the cathedral at Courtrai, which Erasmus could exchange for an annual pension.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Like Aldington in England, Courtrai provided a modest but reliable annual income for the rest of his life.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Courtrai flax, grown in Belgium, creates the strongest and finest yarns, but Irish workmanship has long been regarded as superior.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Courtrai flax, grown in Belgium, creates the strongest and finest yarns, but Irish workmanship has long been regarded as superior.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Courtrai flax, grown in Belgium, creates the strongest and finest yarns, but Irish workmanship has long been regarded as superior.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Courtrai flax, grown in Belgium, creates the strongest and finest yarns, but Irish workmanship has long been regarded as superior.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Flemish infantry crushed aristocratic French cavalry at Courtrai (Battle of the Spurs), killing all leaders of the French army and some of Philip's councillors.

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