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  • All, "and a mother of fifty odd years successfully transformed into a child of nine – Fanchon; is in blissful ignorance of" Pinafore "and" Mikado, "and yet she lives and has theaters.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • "Fanchon," said she, "I will make one condition with you: I will take you into my service if you will tell me whether you ever saw the Lady of Beaumanoir."

    The Golden Dog William Kirby 1861

  • Fanchon Stinger has worked at FOX 2 since 1997 and is currently the co-host of the station's morning news program.

    Fanchon Stinger Involved in Detroit Sludge Scandal 2008

  • (She rapturously kisses a bracelet on each arm which contains the miniature representations of those two young persons.) “Yes, Mimi! yes, Fanchon! you know I do, you dear, dear little things! and if they were to die, or you were to die, your poor mistress would die too!”

    The Virginians 2006

  • The correspondent for the Alta California, who would take them there, found himself filling the “celebrity” vacuum created by the defaulting of Beecher, Sherman, the Drummer Boy, and Fanchon the Cricket.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • On June 5, the exodus was joined by Fanchon the Cricket, along with her mother cricket.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • The correspondent for the Alta California, who would take them there, found himself filling the “celebrity” vacuum created by the defaulting of Beecher, Sherman, the Drummer Boy, and Fanchon the Cricket.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • On June 5, the exodus was joined by Fanchon the Cricket, along with her mother cricket.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Nine years earlier, Fanchon had been a hospital nurse.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • Mama Fanchon kissed me on the cheek and slipped something into my hand.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

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