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Gauloise|golwaz, ˈgəʊlwɑːz| Also Gaulois, and with lower-case initial. [A proprietary name, f. Fr. gaulois, -oise Gallic.] A cigarette of a popular French brand.
1920Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Mar. 528, 20 Cigarettes Gauloises. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 76/2 Imported French cigarettes. Gauloises. 1933Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Aug. 1033 Gauloises. Cigarettes. Service d'Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs..Ministère des Finances, Palais du Louvre. 1933‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out v. 35, I even squandered two francs fifty on a packet of Gaulois Bleu, in anticipation of my wages. 1958R. Godden Greengage Summer iv. 49 It's a Gauloise, a French cigarette. 1959Listener 20 Aug. 285/3 She smoked Gauloises, but she prefered black Russian cigarettes with gold tips. 196020th Cent. Sept. 259 He sat in his truck smoking gauloises. |