Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South European dance at the ingathering of the olive harvest.
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Examples
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The "Olivette," on which the correspondents sailed, was the last boat to leave Port Tampa.
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The correspondents were all on the transport "Olivette," and just before they pulled out I sent them a message saying I would release the news that night about the _sailing of the fleet only_, and they might file their messages.
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I knew the "Olivette" was about to pull out, and if he expected to go on her it was high time he was moving.
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But heedless of those who surround them, Vivian leads his fair partner through the crowd, as the strains of waltzes picked from "Olivette" and
Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera
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•Lauren Bernstein, Washington University in St. Louis; home, Olivette, Mo.; major, history; rape helpline president, did history research on rape/lynching victims.
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Olivette set me to tailing him, watching his every move… Duley looked out over the vista of the backyard.
Second Glance Jodi Picoult 2003
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They are labeled Delaire, Moulton, Waverly, Olivette—there is no Delacour to be found.
Second Glance Jodi Picoult 2003
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A chorus from Olivette, sung in her clear contralto, grew fainter and fainter until it ended in the slam of a distant door.
Beyond the City Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1982
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They had other music to offer, too, for these were the happy days of Olivette and The Mascotte and The Chimes of Normandy and Giroflé-Girofla and Fra Diavola.
Chapter 1 1918
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When the Olivette from Key West reached Tampa Bay every Cuban in the Tampa cigar factories was at the dock.
The Red Cross Girl 1917
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