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- noun Plural form of
chanson .
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Examples
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In these rough-hewn romances, the poet relates four or five couplets of varied rhythm, but all ending with the same refrain, an adventure of war or of love; they are called chansons de toile (spinning songs) or chansons de danse, because women sang them either as they spun and chatted or as they danced rondes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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He began with fairly traditional "chansons" but quickly began to experiment and over the next
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He began with fairly traditional "chansons" but quickly began to experiment and over the next
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Such songs, also called "romances", or "chansons d'histoire", are a very ancient form of French literature.
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By the way, in the Middle Ages, the women used to sing some "chansons de toile", (adventure, love story) while weaving and spinning cloth/linen.
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An itinerant upbringing in Morocco and later Paris, along with influences such as Malian desert rock, French chansons, and American hip-hop, helped shape her mellifluous sound.
The Short List 2011
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May 2nd, 2010 at 10: 27 pm ma fiile de 2ans et demi ecoute beaucoup cette chansons c est une bonne approche pour l anglais kidsfactory
I See the Sun By Patricia Johnston Arranged by Laurent G. « Esl Videos « Videos « Literacy News 2010
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A woman with long white hair, tattered sundress, and gauze patch over one eye, Mardi Gras beads around her neck, walks in circles around my bench, singing old chansons.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Two of them were sprawled upon Malemute Kid's bunk, singing chansons which their French forbears sang in the days when first they entered the Northwest-land and mated with its Indian women.
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A woman with long white hair, tattered sundress, and gauze patch over one eye, Mardi Gras beads around her neck, walks in circles around my bench, singing old chansons.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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