Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of fur; the skin of the female deer.

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Examples

  • Pis dans project zero tu massacres pas des infirmieres a coup de pied de biche (oui le pied de biche c super efficace sur les infirmieres, bien mieux que la carabine!!) mais tu prends des fantomes en Photo!!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Mais, la, attention, pas de carabine ou mon adorable pied de biche (oui c mon arme prefere dans silent hill ... ca se voit pas), non, on a juste un chien et puis ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • “But once or twice we break biche and went to the beach during the week instead of going to classes.”

    Angel’s Grace Tracey Baptiste 2005

  • It was a good thing we break biche too, it was so hot that day, and the air was so humid, you could just open your mouth and drink it.

    Angel’s Grace Tracey Baptiste 2005

  • Consuello again -- stood before him attired in a tailored suit gorgeous in its simplicity, setting off a dainty real biche lace and batiste blouse.

    Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles James H. Richardson

  • French nor the Resident English, negotiations were carried on in biche la mar, a language in which it is impossible to talk about anything but the simplest matters of everyday life.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

  • Through his coprah trade Mr.M. knew the people well, and by his help I soon found two boys who had some vague notion of biche la mar, real savages, who served me well in a childish, playful way.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

  • We frequently tried to obtain information about the organization of the family among these natives, but, being dependent on biche la mar, we made small progress.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

  • In nearly every village there is some man who can speak biche la mar.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

  • The leaders stand silent for a while near the veranda, then one of them whispers a few words in broken "biche la mar," describing what he wants to buy -- knives, cartridges, powder, tobacco, pipes, matches, calico, beads.

    Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

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