So drawing another chair to the fire, and handing him my last bundle of "caporal," I propped my patent-leathers on the grate, more Americano, and waited for the stream of talk which was sure to come. ❋ Unknown (1877)
A été tué au combat le caporal Martin Dubé du 5e Régiment de génie de combat basé à la Base des Forces canadiennes Valcartier près de Québec. ❋ Military Mom (2009)
Sex reassignment surgery is akin to claiming to cure someone of a Napoleon complex by agreeing with them that they are indeed le petit caporal. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"_Petit-caporal_" smoking-tobacco, the delight of the middling classes of Paris, hardly suits an American's taste. ❋ Various (N/A)
Wait a moment, till I fill a pipe with caporal, and have a smoke; for if I meet another man with that delicacy, I shall have to give up the Grotto -- unless I have a pipe under my nose, as counter-irritant. ' ❋ Various (N/A)
He got out his packet of caporal cigarettes and offered one to Nicole, but she refused. ❋ Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 (1942)
Nicole went out and came back presently with a packet of caporal cigarettes. ❋ Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 (1942)
The young fisherman was sitting on a thwart smoking a caporal. ❋ Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 (1942)
Taitbout were the Concerts Rouge, where for seventy-five centimes they could hear excellent music and get into the bargain something which it was quite possible to drink: the seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent. ❋ Unknown (1919)
Gaston whispered gloomily behind my chair: "Mon petit caporal" -- he called me that because of a fancied likeness to the young ❋ Philip Gibbs (1919)
How many June half-holidays have we hung over that old carved basin, teasing the goldfish, stopping up the tiny fountain till it spouted all over us, sailing beetles across it on linden leaves, or lolling full-fed and lazy, smoking contraband cigarettes of caporal! ❋ Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon (1918)
They gave us booze and caporal, and cheered for us like crazy, ❋ Unknown (1916)
Rouge, where for seventy-five centimes they could hear excellent music and get into the bargain something which it was quite possible to drink: the seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent. ❋ Unknown (1915)
A few were honored with a clip by the artist hand of the petit caporal of our Engineer Company. ❋ Unknown (1914)
I wish, says the petit caporal of the Engineer Company, patting his howitzer gently on the back, that I could get this Putty Blower pointed at the enemy, while you fellows are bridge-building. ❋ Unknown (1914)
He sat down to his desk, took a meerschaum pipe from his pocket, selected a packet of caporal among several packets of tobacco which lay drying in a bowl, tore open the wrapper, filled his pipe and lit it. ❋ Maurice Leblanc (1902)
He walked off with Freda, puffing at his thin roll of caporal. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)
He drank vin ordinaire, smoked caporal cigarettes, made friends, and was in all as a savage -- or a much-travelled English gentleman. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)
Teacher:[caporale] what is [the answer] to this question?
[Caporale]: [I don't know] ❋ Edwardsrim23 (2011)
