How To Use Tapis In A Sentence
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The Manchester Committee and Mr. Wallis protested against this red tapish interference.
Rides on Railways
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I fear I clearly see that for years to come domestic reforms are shaken to the root; every miserable red-tapist flourishes war over the head of every protester against his humbug; and everything connected with it is pushed to such an unreasonable extent, that, however kind and necessary it may be in itself, it becomes ridiculous.
The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856
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The roomes are Large and Lofty with good Rich old ffurniture tapistry, but Noe beds in yt part we saw.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary
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En mettant le tapis de travers et bien quand je fais un pas a gauche mon pied se pose automatiquement a coté de la fleche du bas! c'etait tout con et ca a l'air de bien marcher!
Pinku-tk Diary Entry
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And the Lansmere interest need not be beaten, if you'll put up another man instead of this red-tapist.
My Novel — Complete
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TAPIS in the circumlocution departments with the usual quantity of red tape and dillydallying of effete fogeydom and dunderheads generally.
Ulysses
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Not a doubt of that," chimed in the fellow ex-minister, a worthy man, perfect red-tapist, but inaudible in the reporters 'gallery.
My Novel — Complete
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He said the tapis, indicative of the region's distinctive textiles and only found in Lampung, was made from basic handwoven fabric, using handspun yarn and rich natural dyes of deep blue, warm yellow and rusty brown from the mahogany bark.
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La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.
Archive 2010-07-01
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Simple as the question seems, it may be doubted, considering the remarkable increase of late years in the number of John Bull's colonial progeny, whether the most experienced red-tapist of Downing Street could answer it without some hesitation.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
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La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.
Archive 2010-07-01
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But while the English authorities quibbled, paltered, and delayed -- with a little evasion, a little extra red-tapism, a little judicious procrastination -- the days of Kinmont
Stories of the Border Marches
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Aristocracy, military, naval, or red-tapist; wherever there are born kings of men, you had better seek them out, and breed them to this work.
Latter-Day Pamphlets
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C'est vraiment un beau pays, très hospitalier, où vous serez tentée de faire beaucoup d'achats!!! poteries, vêtements et objets de cuir, cuivres, tapis, souvenirs de toutes sortes, etc., etc ...
Contretemps - French Word-A-Day
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Spartacus caused ropes to be made of vine branches, with the aid of which he and his followers lowered themselves to the base of the mountain, at a point which had been left unguarded by the Romans because considered inaccessible by the red-tapist who commanded them, and consequently affording a capital outlet for bold men under a daring leader.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858
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La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.
Archive 2010-07-01
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But oil crossed into new territory in Singapore trade this afternoon, with TAPIS crude hitting $67.44 US a barrel.
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_tapis_ in the circumlocution departments with the usual quantity of red tape and dillydallying of effete fogeydom and dunderheads generally.
Ulysses
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Comme de coutume, les invités ont rejoint leur siège en marchant sur un tapis rouge.
Archive 2010-03-01
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La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.
Archive 2010-07-01
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Celle des toitures est comme un tapis inégal de vieilles tuiles d'argile claire rehaussé de quelques cheminées.
French Word-A-Day:
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[FOOTNOTE 26: A tapis was a small cloth or tapestry sometimes used to cover a table; hence the expression "on the tapis" meant "on the table" or "under consideration."] "You and Kilcullen don't hit it off together -- eh, Ballindine?" said
The Kellys and the O'Kellys
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There is sure to be some large picnic, some delightful gathering on the "tapis," when they choose to exhibit their griefs.
Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."
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C'est vraiment un beau pays, très hospitalier, où vous serez tentée de faire beaucoup d'achats!!! poteries, vêtements et objets de cuir, cuivres, tapis, souvenirs de toutes sortes, etc., etc ...
Contretemps - French Word-A-Day
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Nay I myself, am I the worse for being of a feeble order of intelligence; what the irreverent speculative, world calls barren, red-tapish, limited, and even intrinsically dark and small, and if it must be said, stupid?
Latter-Day Pamphlets
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Pour lui, il 閠oit dans un coin, assis sur un tapis par terre, selon la coutume du pays, v阾u de drap d’or cramoisi, et le coude appuy� sur un carreau d’une autre sorte de drap d’or.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.
Archive 2010-07-01
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But, a red-tapist by nature, and hating innovations, owing to weakness of mind, he trembled inwardly and cried in agony:
The French Immortals Series — Complete
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You seem a smart young fellow; but you must throw over that stiff red-tapist of yours, and go with Public Opinion, and -- Myself.
My Novel — Complete
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Tall, dark trees rose in ordered majesty about the château, and before it a wide band of lawn, called a tapis vert, ran to the lodge-gates that opened on the highroad.
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago
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Celle des toitures est comme un tapis inégal de vieilles tuiles d'argile claire rehaussé de quelques cheminées.
Lettres de ma Terrasse
