Mouche

At the word mouche the rector rose and took from a drawer in one of the tall chests a small round basket made of fine osier, a pile of ivory counters yellow as a Turkish pipe after twenty years’ usage, and a pack of cards as greasy as those of the custom-house officers at Saint – Nazaire, who change them only once in two weeks. ❋ Unknown (1839)

-- SEINE RIVER Cruise on a bateau mouche (boat), board near the Eiffel Tower, take the métro to Trocadero, walk across to Eiffel Tower, easy, relaxing, worth the time ❋ Unknown (2009)

Le temps, c'est la toile dont je suis à la fois l'araignée et la mouche. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hélas, * our heroine wouldn't harm so much as a miserable mouche, * but scold a slacker she would! ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Diminutif de “mouche”] in Newforest Vocab Notes | Permalink ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then we did an hour on the Seine on a baton mouche, night time, with Paris all lit up. ❋ Karenmiller (2008)

Epargne-lacette mouche qui priemains jointes et pieds joints! ❋ Unknown (2009)

References: le hangar (m) = shed; la mouche (f) = fly ❋ Unknown (2007)

I would have to save face by swatting the air as if shooing a mouche. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hélas,* our heroine wouldn't harm so much as a miserable mouche,* but scold a slacker she would! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Epargne-la cette mouche qui prie mains jointes et pieds joints! ❋ Unknown (2009)