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An instrument used by masons to trace and form angles.

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  • In our walk we picked up a species of locust, the sauterelle of this country, of a pale, dirty brown, and somewhat more than three inches in length.
  • Playfully using insect names and French idioms in titles such as La sauterelle and Pas folle la guêpe,
  • "And now," said the gallant Ferdinand, "the turn is to madame, that she should prove her fortune -- attend but a moment, madame, while I seek the sauterelle."
  • Lorsque les gardes de sécurité s'en sont aperçu, ils m'ont demandé ce que je mangeais alors ils m'ont frappé jusqu'à ce que je recrache la sauterelle ou le criquet de ma...
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