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- noun a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
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It is composed of the following stitches: -- Point d'Alençon, point de tulle, English rosettes, Sorrento bars, d'Alençon bars, dotted Venise bars, and the fancy stitch point d'Anvers, which is not a true point lace stitch, but which is much employed in modern point.
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D'Anvers's (Knightly) Abridgment of the Law, 2 Vols.
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The event's top prize, the Fipa d'Or, went to "Anvers," helmer-scribe Martijn Maria Smits 'drama from the Netherlands about a family facing financial ruin when the breadwinner loses his job.
Variety.com 2010
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The event's top prize, the Fipa d'Or, went to "Anvers," helmer-scribe Martijn Maria Smits 'drama from the Netherlands about a family facing financial ruin when the breadwinner loses his job.
Variety.com 2010
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-- FABRICS — rue de Steinkerque, take metro to Anvers, walk up Steinkerque to Sacré Coeur Basilica and Montmartre, lots of trinket shops and fabric shops
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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-FABRICS—rue de Steinkerque, take metro to Anvers, walk up Steinkerque to Sacré Coeur Basilica and Montmartre, lots of trinket shops and fabric shops
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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We need only read the celebrated memorial already mentioned, entitled “It is Time to Speak Out,” printed at Avignon in 1763, under the assumed name of Anvers.
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Nevertheless, thanks for your reviews - I DO want to try Anvers 2 - rhubarb, mmm...
A Bouquet of Mimosa Blossoms Marina Geigert 2007
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Anvers 2 sounds like something I am going to need.
A Bouquet of Mimosa Blossoms Marina Geigert 2007
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Sirleaf was due to leave Oslo Monday evening for Anvers in Belgium to take part in a two-day conference on the diamond trade before heading to the United States on Thursday to meet with President George
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