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During the Nazi occupation louchébem was used by Parisian members of the Resistance. Even today, louchébem is still well-known and used among those working at point-of-sale in the meat retail industry. Some words have even leaked into common, everyday use by the masses; an example is the word loufoque, meaning "eccentric".
Guinea pig: G-Force: Secret agents team consisting of three guinea pigs named Darwin, Blaster, Juarez, respectively, a mole named Speckles, and a fly named Mooch. Giggles: Chipmunk: Happy Tree Friends: Giggles is a pink chipmunk who has a white diamond-shaped marking, a white oval on her torso, and wears a big red bow on her head.
Entrance to the Paris metro in Pigalle. Pigalle (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an area in Paris, France, around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th [1] and the 18th arrondissements.
Barbecued andouillette from Troyes Andouillette in aspic from Troyes on sale at a charcuterie in Montmartre, Paris. Andouillette (French pronunciation:) is a French coarse-grained sausage made from the intestine of pork, pepper, wine, onions, and seasonings.
Other common names include parizer [3] (Parisian sausage) in Hungary, Romania, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia; polony [4] in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Western Australia; devon in most states of Australia; and fritz in South Australia. [5] In North America, a simple and popular use is in the bologna sandwich.
Huxley Pig looks through a picture book about a haunted house and dreams of him and Sam visiting one called Holiday Haunts, where they meet Horace the rodent agent, the vampire-butler Vile Vincent & Cuddles the big green monster who cooks them 'Monster Burgers' to which they didn't really like, but it hurts Cuddles's feelings, then they play 'Swallow My Leader' to cheer Cuddles up.
The Baroness and the Pig is a Canadian drama film, directed by Michael Mackenzie and released in 2002. [1] Based on Mackenzie's own stage play, the film stars Patricia Clarkson as The Baroness, a Quaker woman from Philadelphia who moves to Paris with her husband, The Baron in the 1880s; however, her egalitarian ideals conflict with the elitism of Parisian society, particularly when she ...
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others.