The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law a teakwood coffin.
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Tonkinese
Synonyms for "tonkinese" (2 found)
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- tonkinois noun (cat breed)
Italian
1 entries- tonchinese noun (cat breed)
Portuguese
1 entries- tonquinês noun (cat breed)
Spanish
1 entries- tonkinés noun (cat breed)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or not, so also in Indo-China[…]
Source: wiktionary
Do not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…]
Source: wiktionary
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