Pomme blanche | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

pomme blanche
(Fr.) White apple. A native of the prairies and mountains, oval-shaped and about three and a half in...

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Pomme
·adj Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; — said of a cross. ...

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Carte blanche
·- A blank paper, with a person's signature, ·etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with per...

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carte blanche
In the service sense of the term, implies an authority to act at discretion. ...

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