Petites

They all three, too, had an inexhaustible supply of those peculiarly French pleasantries known as petites gauloiseries. ❋ Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1892)

Executed by what the French call petites mains - little hands. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At present there are only 15 members of this exclusive club, each relying on a small army of artisans and seamstresses (the so-called petites mains or little hands) to meet exacting standards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Je vous donne rendez-vous pour partager ces souvenirs, de petites anecdotes ou d'autres petits récits de la vie d'aujourd'hui. ❋ Unknown (2009)

De toute façon les petites cuisines de l'époque donnaient sur la rue, sans hotte aspirante, et donc on pouvait difficilement cuisiner en secret -- on devinait le menu de chacun -- du coup la transparence voulait qu'on explique sa recette et les échanges allaient bon train: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, the French fashion house strove to evoke its rich history, dedicating the show to the "petites mains," seamstresses and craftsmen, behind the brand. ❋ Christina Passariello (2011)

J'adore coudre les petites couvertures pour les bebes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a child, when feverish or suffering from “les petites maladies d'enfant”, I had to stay at home and was given hot drinks of “jus de poireau” (bouillon de poireau) → something to do with getting rid of toxins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unless they are from a designer who does a great petites line, I usually need to have mine shortened a lot. ❋ Alison J. Sweeney (2011)

At the end, dozens of white-frocked "petites mains"—the craftspeople who sewed the collection—appeared onstage. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)

After one particularly pearl-and-bead-encrusted Chanel show, the great and the good, led by Karl Lagerfeld, even paused to pay tribute to "les petites mains" the tiny hands, the highly skilled seamstresses who make haute couture what it is. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The "petites mains" or seamstresses of his haute couture atelier put more than 2,500 hours of work into the dress, a strong-lined, made-to-measure concoction of more than 130 meters about 140 yards of different silks, 40,000 Swarovski crystals and 20,000 mother of pearl beads. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The real point of this exercise, however, was to get parents—like Ms. Ettelson, the gallerist Amalia Dayan and the philanthropist Coralie Charriol Paul —to pay attention and maybe even buy some Lanvin clothing for their own petites. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

*Petite* [pus]** get [walloped] by [magnum] ding dong. ❋ Getbullied69 (2020)

Example 1: [Mary-Kate Olsen] is most likely petite from drug binges and malnourishment. Minh [Hoa], (who lives in Vietnam) is most likely petite due to her genetics. Example 2: Ashley is 5'6, wears size eight shoes, and weighs [one-hundred] pounds. She's definitely very thin but, still not petite. Example 3: My mother weighs over one-hundred-fifty pounds but, is only 4'11 and a half. She is obese but, she still shops in the petite clothing stores because of her short stature and size five feet. ❋ Unlucky777 (2006)

"[Rosebelle] is so cute and [petite], she's a [little angel]!" ❋ LittlePinkPrincess (2018)

[reina],[your one] petite [one]! ❋ Iamjordan (2008)

[sign] my Petition [for free] food [plese] ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Vanessa Hudgens] is an [example] of [Petite girl]. ❋ Cervezinni (2015)

My mother is a very petite woman. [That woman] is so petite that i couldn't see her and accidentily hit her with my [tractor trailer]. [My uncle] shops in the petite section. ❋ Supercutekid (2011)

[Petiteness] but [that ass] fat. - [Biggie] ❋ Badsanta (2005)

that is a [petite girl] i can [pick] her up [easily] ❋ Ronnie (2003)

[Earl] took the kids over to the petitent. I hope they get a [big one] after we spent all that money on [the tar]. ❋ Freedy Al (2008)