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Small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat
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papillon
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__NOTOC__ Papillon is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charrière , first published in France in 1969 , describing his escape from Devil's Island , part of the French penal colony in French Guiana . It became an instant bestseller. It was translated ...
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alt. A breed of small dog with large ears; a dog of that breed. n. A breed of small dog with large ears; a dog of that breed.
Usage examples of papillon.
The clerk stretched over the counter to admire the little black-and-white papillon, whose butterfly-wing ears came alert at the attention.
The papillon spaces were understandably small, like the dogs themselves.
Sharon called across the aisle to a gray-haired lady with a papillon under each arm.
Her papillon, a little male who had once won Best of Breed at Westminster, barked his agreement.
The papillon had gotten amazingly mussed and tangled in an evening of doing nothing but lying on a pillow.
The papillon was rather appealing all on her own, Scott had to admit, but her attraction rested more with who was on the other end of her leash.
Wondering what the little papillon princess was up to, Josie had caught the two furry friends sound asleep on the well-worn cushions, Iowa curled protectively around his Priss.
In fact, I hear you just recently showed a persnickety little papillon to her show championship.
Then Colonel Papillon rode off, and the General was driven to the Boulevard des Capucines, having much to occupy his thoughts by the way.
When the General was at last ushered into the presence of the Chief of the Detective Police, he found to his satisfaction that Colonel Papillon was also there, and at M.
This ended the writing in the note-book, and the whole perusal occupied Sir Charles from fifteen to twenty minutes, during which the French officials watched his face closely, and his friend Colonel Papillon anxiously.
Then with no less haste he seized Colonel Papillon by the arm and hurried him by the back passages through the office into the outer, public chamber, where the astonished crowd stood, silent and perturbed, awaiting explanation of their detention.
So he readily assented to accompany the Judge, and Colonel Papillon, who was no less curious, agreed to go too.
When she appeared before the Judge, with whom Sir Charles Collingham and Colonel Papillon were seated, the former at once pointed out that she was wearing a dark mantle trimmed with the same sort of passementerie as that picked up in the sleeping-car.
Flamme-de-Gloire was not easy to spot, with several decoy dragons of similar coloring shifting about: a pair of Papillon Noirs with yellow markings painted over their natural blue and green stripes to make them confusingly alike from a distance.