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Brewer's: Monnaie de Basoche
Worthless coin; coin not current; counters. “Brummagem halfpennies.” Coins were at one time made and circulated by the lawyers of France, which had no currency beyond their own community…Brewer's: Monsieur de Paris
The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France. “Riccardo de Albertes was a personal friend of all the `Messieurs de Paris,' who served the Republic. He attended all capital executions,…Brewer's: Mont de Piete
A pawn depôt. These depôts, called “monti di pietá” (charity loans), were first instituted under Leo X., at Rome, by charitable persons who wished to rescue the poor and needy from…Brewer's: Lit de Justice
Properly the seat occupied by the French king when he attended the deliberations of his parlement. The session itself. Any arbitrary edict. As the members of Parlement derived their power…Brewer's: Jus de Reglisse
(liquorice). French slang for a negro. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jus et Norma LoquendiJus Mariti A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Robert De Niro Biography
Robert De NiroactorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (…Brian De Palma Biography
Brian De Palmadirector, screenwriterBorn: 9/11/1940Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Contemporary film director who has been, at times, as controversial as he has been successful. With movies…Simone de Beauvoir Biography
Simone de Beauvoir(Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie-Bertrand de Beauvoir)writer, feministBorn: 1/9/1908 Birthplace: Paris, France Best known for the classic feminist treatise, Le Deuxième Sexe (…Rebecca De Mornay Biography
Rebecca De Mornay (Rebecca George)actressBorn: 8/29/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles Making her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1982), she achieved popular success after…Dino De Laurentiis Biography
Dino De Laurentiisfilm producerBorn: 8/8/1918Birthplace: Torre Annunziata, Italy Having produced several widely acclaimed Italian films in the 1950s, including Fellini's La Strada (1954) and…Trending
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