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Definition of Recamiers
1. recamier [n] - See also: recamier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recamiers
Literary usage of Recamiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Queens of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1860)
"With the De Staels and recamiers, the English were the mode, and Wellington the
hero of the day. Madame Recamier returned to flirtation as well as to ..."
2. The Mutineers of the Bounty and Their Descendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk by Diana Jolliffe Belcher (1871)
"... Co. for 40000 francs; and recamiers at one time for upwards of 100000 francs.
I have had at a time nearly £5000 sterling at the Bank of England. ..."
3. The Mutineers of the Bounty and Their Descendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk by Diana Jolliffe Belcher (1871)
"... Co. for 40000 francs ; and recamiers at one time for upwards of 100000 francs.
I have had at a time nearly £5000 sterling at the Bank of England. ..."
4. Woman in American Society by Abba Goold Woolson (1873)
"It is the Helens of history who stir up long wars and make enemies of nations;
it is the recamiers of our modern world who gather to themselves the ..."
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