carton-pierre
卡尔顿-皮埃尔(Carton-Pierre)
Definitions
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- : papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
Examples
Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!
And at $29.99, lighting up all sense of parental dignity and responsibility costs less than a carton of actual cigarettes.
Obstinate Pierre refuses to care about anything, even when a passing lion threatens to eat him.
Consumed and eventually disgorged, Pierre is restored to his loving parents, his ennui banished.
Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.
Cette pierre possède la propriété de se reduire en fibres perpendiculairement à sa longueur sous un effort très faible.
From his earliest youth Pierre Franois, handsome and long-limbed, hot-blooded and vain, thirsted after adventure.
His mother was soon able to report to Fanny that Pierre is behaving better and learns willingly with his new teacher.
A month later he saved the whole army at the Col de Pierre troite.