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Un nuage de _sewer-gaz_ monte jusqu'à JANE stationnée sur la hauteur de Belleville; et dans cette brume puante elle sent l'odeur de femmes et de l'ognon, le cognac, le meurtre, le fricot, le mont de piété, les omnibus, les croquemorts, les gargotes, les bals à l'entrée libre pour dames, tout ce qu'il y a de funeste et de choquant dans cette ville infecte.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 Various
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This is the mitihue, a piquant and fetid, puante sauce that seasons all Tahitian meals.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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In order to keep up the perspiration, or according to the Negro Doctor, to strengthen the skin, he applied from time to time, warm lotions of the leaves of the palma christi, and of cassia, (_casse puante_.)
Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818
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