Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Tuileries

(Paris) [tile-kilns]. The palace was on the site of some old tile-kilns. (See Sablonnière.)

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