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"Que diantre!" he ejaculated, when he had come to his senses.
The Honor of the Big Snows James Oliver Curwood 1903
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"Ah then, look at that," said Manon Moignard, with a sneer, "when one pleases you and God it is a ticket to heaven, diantre!"
The Battle of the Strong — Volume 6 A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Ah then, look at that," said Manon Moignard, with a sneer, "when one pleases you and God it is a ticket to heaven, diantre!"
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Ah then, look at that," said Manon Moignard, with a sneer, "when one pleases you and God it is a ticket to heaven, diantre!"
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Si on voulait leur persuader que les Anglais vivent de grenouilles, meurent de faim, que leurs femmes sont barbouillees, et jurent par toutes les lettres de l'alphabet, ils leveraient les epaules, et s'ecriraient, quel sot ose ecrire ces miseres-la? mais a Londres, diantre cela prend! '
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Ah, there he is -- _diantre_, but he took his time! "he growled, but the growl was set in the key of relief.
In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd
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