Or another might talk about going to a "guichet" for money, instead of an "ABM" (automated banking machine). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 5, 2003 - January 11, 2003 Archives] Reference
Poste-Restante, “guichet,” on the ground-floor, opposite the entrance door. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
J'allais deja embeter la dame du guichet alors j'allais pas rajouter les clients!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
I now check my “movements historiques” every time I get money out of a guichet. From Wordnik.com. [fraud] Reference
Unlike CL who had the gall to inform that I was obviously on holiday in California, despite my physical presence at the guichet!. From Wordnik.com. [fraud] Reference
On arriving at the station join the single file (queue) of people before the small window (guichet), where the tickets (billets) are sold. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
After your articles have been weighed, your ticket, along with a luggage receipt, is handed you from the “guichet” of the luggage office, where, if your baggage is not overweight, you pay 10 c. or 2 sous. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
I once told one of these SNCF ‘guichet’ employees that one day his job was going to be taken over by a machine, not because it would be any cheaper, but because the machine would be so much nicer to customers. From Wordnik.com. [definition of frustration (#2)] Reference
There was no guard at the guichet and they passed through into the town. From Wordnik.com. [Pied Piper]
Féliat is standing across the guichet through which Barberine is to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux] Reference
Unluckily, they directed their advance to the very guichet which I was also approaching. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France]
There was no military clerk in attendance there, and, to my surprise, the guichet was closed. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
There is a German soldier at the guichet who asks why you must travel, but they do not look at papers. From Wordnik.com. [Pied Piper]
The guns whirled across the bridge, and dashed into the Carrousel, on a gallop, by the guichet of the Louvre. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France]
I was retiring by the upper guichet, the only one unguarded, and had nearly reached it, when a loud shout was heard on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France]
Anglophone Montrealers open and close lights, fall pregnant, get a coffee, go to vernissages, eat on the terrasse, and get cash at the guichet. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
The sister, an aged woman, obeyed with tottering steps, and, reaching the massive portal, undid the guichet, or lattice, and asked with a quavering voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Brethren] Reference
However, a very elegant officer strolled up to the guichet as I laid my bag of diamonds on the glass shelf, languidly unlocked the steel window-gate, and picked up the bag of jewels. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
At the side of each cell door is the guichet or hatch, through which the monk's food is introduced by a lay brother; within, a covered ambulacrum, with a small garden beside it, leads to the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
For example, applications for the establishment of business enterprises now enjoy "one window" -- guichet unique -- processing through a single ministry, allowing a business to be established in a matter of days. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The sentinel interrogated me for form's sake, although he knew me; I entered, passed rapidly along the face of the steel cage behind which some officers sat on high stools, writing, and presented myself at the guichet marked, "Foreign Division.". From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
Au guichet du CSD. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
23 euros you get a Forfait Loisirs at the Transilien guichet in Gare du Nord that provides you with train / bus / chateau entry, illustrated booklet plus audio guide!. From Wordnik.com. [The EDM SuperBlog] Reference
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