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malines
1[ muh-leen; French ma-leen ]
noun
- Also ma·line. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
Malines
2[ ma-leen; English muh-leenz ]
noun
- French name of Mechlin.
malines
1/ məˈliːn /
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Origin of malines1
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Example Sentences
The separate independence of the provinces was thus abolished, and the supreme power vested in the senate at Malines.
Cornelius died in 1764 and his wife in 1765, and with this the Malines branch of the family ended.
All fair promises and sweet words, but no deeds, were to be found at Malines.
I have just been talking to the latest refugees from Malines.
So the late autumn of that year found Barty and his aunt at Malines, or Mechelen, as it calls itself in its native tongue.
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