Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cleverness; skill in execution; genius.
- noun In costume, a narrow band of stuff applied to a garment, whether for utility, as when it retains in place a belt or sash, or for mere decoration. Pattes are sometimes used to set off a rich application of any sort, as a jewel.
- noun A small strap or band used in tailoring and dressmaking for holding together two parts of a garment which just meet and do not overlap. The patte may have a button at each end, or a button and a buttonhole, etc.
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Examples
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Still, what the French call "patte" - that elusive quality that makes an artist's work instantly identifiable - was always there, from the earliest sketch in the show, a 1949 doodling on the back of an envelope.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By JENNY BARCHFIELD 2011
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Still, what the French call "patte" - that elusive quality that makes an artist's work instantly identifiable - was always there, from the earliest sketch in the show, a 1949 doodling on the back of an envelope.
The Seattle Times 2011
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* The bamboo-like reeds were broken in bits along the ground and one of these bits got stuck, painfully, between the "fingers" of the dog's patte.
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* The bamboo-like reeds were broken in bits along the ground and one of these bits got stuck, painfully, between the "fingers" of the dog's patte.
Remedies 2009
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Do I need a choke for a tighter patte | Field & Stream
I'm shooting a semi auto rem 1100 12 gauge. but the quail are totally whippin me out here! 2009
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Elle a l'air bien penaude dans son manteau "cinquième-patte"
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Elle a l'air bien penaude dans son manteau "cinquième-patte"
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* The bamboo-like reeds were broken in bits along the ground and one of these bits got stuck, painfully, between the "fingers" of the dog's patte.
Smokey 2010
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Symbolise l'amour des arts .... sa feuille ressemble à une patte d'ours ...
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Symbolise l'amour des arts .... sa feuille ressemble à une patte d'ours ...
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