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point d'Alençon
[ French pwan da-lahn-sawn ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of point d'Alençon1
1840–50; < French: Alençon stitch
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Example Sentences
It was from the woman who had sold him the beautiful corsage of old point d'Alencon, his first present to Clotilde.
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Point d'Alencon won the battle, and the making of lace spread all over Normandy.
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The neck was square, cut modestly low, and filled in with lace of a delicate, frosty pattern—Point d'Alencon.
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