Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A district of Paris on the southern, or left, bank of the Seine River. It has long been noted for its artistic and intellectual life.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
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Examples
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On the other hand, what we call the Left Bank is the region located on the left side of the Garonne river, north of Bordeaux.
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While the world was becoming enamored with Let the Right One In, I was falling in love with another horror film called Left Bank aka Linkeroever 2008.
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While the world was becoming enamored with Let the Right One In, I was falling in love with another horror film called Left Bank aka Linkeroever 2008.
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Two other women from Eternity had gone in together and opened a hat shop they called The Left Bank across the street from the dress shop.
Eternity Jude Deveraux 1992
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Two other women from Eternity had gone in together and opened a hat shop they called The Left Bank across the street from the dress shop.
Eternity Jude Deveraux 1992
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She had published a volume of short stories entitled The Left Bank, a translation of a French thriller, Perversity, and three novels, Quartet, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie and Voyage in the Dark.
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The Left Bank is a center of artistic and student life.
Left Bank 2002
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Tony was living in Nottingham, cultivating a borderline alcohol problem while occasionally drumming in a band called Left Bank.
Turning Thirty Mike Gayle 2000
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Tony was living in Nottingham, cultivating a borderline alcohol problem while occasionally drumming in a band called Left Bank.
Turning Thirty Mike Gayle 2000
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Tony was living in Nottingham, cultivating a borderline alcohol problem while occasionally drumming in a band called Left Bank.
Turning Thirty Mike Gayle 2000
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