Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Chasseurs de Vincennes

(French). The Duke of Orleans' rifle corps; so called because they were garrisoned at Vincennes. (1835.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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