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Auvergne +‎ -ese

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Auvergnese

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the region of Auvergne in France
    • 1895, Thomas Hughes, Vacation Rambles[1], page 357:
      [] as for the others, they at once fall back upon an Auvergnese patois, at least as different from ordinary French as a Durham miner's vernacular is from a West countryman's.

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Auvergnese (plural Auvergnese)

  1. A person from the Auvergne region
    • 1861, “The Piece of Gold”, in The Blue Silk Work-bag[2], page 7:
      The little Auvergnese retired highly delighted, []

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