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    Lansquenet is a banking game played with cards, named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht ('servant of the land or country'), which...
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  • family: his brother Timothy Abernethie and his wife Maud; his sister Cora Lansquenet; his nephew George Crossfield; his first niece Rosamund Shane, and her...
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    Landsknecht (redirect from Lansquenets)
    Landsknecht, pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the...
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  • Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk...
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  • named Lansquenet: French destroyer Lansquenet (1909), a Spahi-class destroyer launched in 1909 and struck in 1928 French destroyer Lansquenet (1939)...
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  • years earlier than the other, which is set in the fictional village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the setting of her previous book, Chocolat. Writer Jay Mackintosh...
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  • played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives in the fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk...
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  • The French destroyer Lansquenet was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s. Placed into service after...
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  • (Sküs XXI-IIII + I ♠♣ KQCJT ♥♦ KQCJA) packs: Bestia (I) Briscola (I) Lansquenet (I) L'Hombre (Sp) Mus (Sp) Primero (I or Sp) Quadrille (Sp) Scopa (I)...
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  • made little effort to finish the repairs. They did attempt to complete Lansquenet, but were unsuccessful before the end of the war. The three ships in Italy...
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    gambling game using cards. It is descended from Basset, and belongs to the Lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games due to the use of a banker and several...
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    Non-casino card games, including historical games like Basset, Ecarté, Lansquenet and Put. Technically, a gambling card game is one in which the cards are...
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    Lansquenet was one of seven Spahi-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The Spahi-class was over 50 percent...
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  • believes that she may have found peace. Then she receives a letter from Lansquenet-sous-Tannes from Armande Voizin. Armande died eight years ago; she had...
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    Spahi class (1908) — 7 ships Spahi (M55) Hussard (M59) Carabinier (M60) Lansquenet (M61) Mameluck (M62) Enseigne Henry (M84) Aspirant Herber (M85) Voltigeur...
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    Le Hardi were salvaged: FR32 (ex-Corsaire), FR33 (ex-Epée), FR34 (ex-Lansquenet), FR35 (ex-Fleuret). The main guns from the scuttled battleship Provence...
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  • mystical—this story is set between Halloween and Christmas. No longer living in Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, Vianne Rocher and her two daughters, Anouk and Rosette, are...
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    apparently after the card game. Basset (card game) Faro (card game) Lansquenet Three-card Monte Dick, William Brisbane (1868). The Modern Pocket Hoyle:...
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    Lansdowne Gleaves Destroyer 1,630 29 April 1942 to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973 Lansquenet  French Navy  Regia Marina  Kriegsmarine Le Hardi Destroyer 1,772 Never...
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  • the wife of Attilio Diotallevi Massimiliano Rossi as "Zecchinetta" (Lansquenet) (season 1), one of the "Old" members of the Savastano clan, brother of...
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    lords lieutenants of provinces, the prohibitions were extended to the lansquenet, or private soldier. Nell Gwyn, p. 113, Bryan Bevan – Robert Hale Ltd...
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    Couple; or the Offer of Love 1495 Copper engraving 151 × 140 mm B93 Five Lansquenets and an Oriental on Horseback 1495 Copper engraving 133 × 147 mm B88 St...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Aluette, Bête, Cent, Coquimbert, Coucou, Flush or Flux, Gé (Pairs), Gleek, Lansquenet, Piquet, Post and Pair, Primero, Ronfa, Triomphe, Sequence, Speculation...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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    Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador,...
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