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Vichy

noun

A town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II.

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... eat that heavy early meal which we call breakfast. They take in their rooms at eight o'clock a cup of coffee and a roll, what they call caf, complet, or they may prefer tea and oatmeal, the whole thing very simple. Then at Aix-les Rains or Vichy the people under treatment go to the bath, taking a rest afterwards. All this occupies an hour. They then rise and dress for the eleven o'clock d,jeuner ... la fourchette, which is a formal meal served in courses, with red wine instead of coffee or tea. ...

— Manners and Social Usages • Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

... whom she loved, but critically measured, was three years old when she was born; Mme. de Sevigne had been dead nearly a year. Of a noble family in Burgundy, Marie de Vichy-Chamroud was brought to Paris at six years of age and placed in the convent of St. Madeleine de Traisnel, where she was educated after the superficial fashion which she so much regrets in later years. She speaks of herself ...

— The Women of the French Salons • Amelia Gere Mason

Words linked to "Vichy" : town, Vichy water, France, French Republic