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napoleon

nuh poh lee uhn

  • n  French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
  • n  a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream
  • n  a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
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  • Pat Robertson in Politics Daily (blog)
    Something happened a long time ago in Haiti,Robertson said. "People might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know, Napoleon the third and whatever . . . and they got together and swore a pact to the...
  • Megan Fox in Times of India
    I really wish I could go loose on this one, he's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for,Fox said.
  • Ben Kingsley in San Jose Mercury News
    I worry about CGI when it tries to replace the actor's human experience,Kingsley said. "If I was to play Napoleon and they said, 'Don't worry, we're going to CGI your army behind you', I'd say 'No you won't.'"

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