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grenadier 1. any deep-sea gadoid fish of the family Macrouridae, typically having a large head and trunk and a long tapering tail 2. any of various African weaverbirds of the genus Estrilda How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"This is the first time I ever saw thirty infantrymen on one horse," cried the grenadier who had shot the mare. Look at the sailor, called the mincer, who now comes along, and assisted by two allies, heavily backs the grandissimus, as the mariners call it, and with bowed shoulders, staggers off with it as if he were a grenadier carrying a dead comrade from the field. Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, his feet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, his hands resting on his knees, his body straight, his head erect; he was steadily watching a complicated clock which indicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the months, and the years. |
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