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Louvre (Richelieu wing)

Proper noun

Louvre

1. A famous art museum in Paris, France.
   • 2011, Tara Kingston, Claimed by the Spymaster, p. 68:

     God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre.

   • 2010, Don McCauley, Power Trip: A Guide to Weightlifting for Coaches, Athletes and Parents, p. 130:

     I don't care if your split, power or squat position looks like it should be in the Louvre, you won't jerk a thing.

   • 2006, Ted Nelson Lundrigan, Bob White, A Bird in the Hand, p. 85:

     I preferred the Dutch apple pie, and my waitress for those few years had legs that belonged in the Louvre.

   • 1985, Phil Elderkin, "Don Mattingly: A.L. Batting Champion, A Born Hitter", Baseball Digest, Vol. 44, No. 2, February 1985, p. 49:

     IF YOU ARE a young Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle with a swing that belongs in the Louvre, somebody might get the idea you could win a batting title, even if it was only your second year with the New York Yankees.

   • 1960, Thomas Felix Staton, How to Instruct Successfully: Modern Teaching Methods in Adult Education, p. 172:

     For purposes of illustrating a lecture on calisthenics, a stick figure is a better picture of a squatting man than something from the Louvre.

   • 1889, Alexandre Dumas, Dame de Monsoreau: Volume 1, p. 319:

     They are cries which show that every one has his own place, and should stay in it, — M. de Guise in the streets, and you in the Louvre. Go to the Louvre, Sire; go to the Louvre.

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• louver
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English

Noun

louvre ‎(plural louvres)

1. An alternative spelling of louver in US English; the only spelling of this word in UK English.

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• louver
• velour