poilu

How To Use poilu In A Sentence

• There is never a man turned away from its doors, for where is the "poilu" or where is the "Tommy" who is not always ready with a smile and a laugh and a song? Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France
• What is the slang meaning of the French word "poilu"? June 2007
• The film even showed Porter in the uniform of the French Foreign Legion, as gritty and gung-ho as a poilu.
• This was not the destination of Nevinson's poilus - over 1,000,000 of whom would become casualties in the first five months of the war alone.
• Do you know of any terms, expressions, or other meanings of today's word "poilu French Word-A-Day
• After decades of rejection as a symbol of outdated patriotism, the poilu (French slang for infantryman) has become a cultural icon in recent years, celebrated in films like "Joyeux Noel" (2005) and in books like "Lettres des Poilus," which has sold more than 300,000 copies since publication in 1998. Collectors Vie For World War I Memorabilia
• The poilu was a middle-aged man, and very drunk on some foul spirit which he had bought in a low cafe down by the river. Now It Can Be Told
• And sometimes the poilu is a little confused, writing a charming letter of thanks to "Monsieur Lafayette" himself. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy
• The principal grief of the Poilus appeared to be that a shell two or three days before had destroyed the store of the great "dragee The White Road to Verdun
• The French poilus accepted and respected that American icon.