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Limoges

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Li·moges  (l-mzh)
A city of west-central France northeast of Bordeaux. Its ceramic industry dates to the 18th century. Population: 135,000.

Limoges [lɪˈməʊʒ (French) limɔʒ]
n
(Placename) a city in S central France, on the Vienne River: a centre of the porcelain industry since the 18th century. Pop.: 133 960 (1990)


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I vow to Saint Nicholas of Limoges a candlestick of pure gold---''
It was La Blanche Rose, maid at the sign of the `Trois Corbeaux' at Limoges.
Thus he could converse with the Minister for War about silkworms, with the Minister of Education about detective stories, with the Minister of Labor about Limoges enamel, and with the Minister of Missions and Moral Progress (if that be his correct title) about the pantomime boys of the last four decades.
 
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