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  • noun Plural form of calorifere.

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Examples

  • The house of the Quai d'Orsay was comfortable, well warmed, caloriferes and big fires in all the rooms, and whenever there was any sun it poured into the rooms from the garden.

    My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914

  • There were roaring fires everywhere, and two or three caloriferes.

    My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914

  • The value of the chandeliers was calculated; the gilding of the walls, the figures on the clocks, all were discussed; the jardinieres, the caloriferes, the objects of luxury and novelty, nothing was left unnoticed.

    The Village Rector Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • _caloriferes_ had even lately been installed, but it was not thought prudent to light them lest the variations of temperature should give the

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • _caloriferes_ had even lately been installed, but it was not thought prudent to light them lest the variations of temperature should give the

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

  • /caloriferes/had even lately been installed, but it was not thought prudent to light them lest the variations of temperature should give the

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871

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