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Roubaisien
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roubaisien
French
thumb|Roubaisien pigeon.
Noun
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resident or native of Roubaix
fr Hier, j’ai rencontré un Roubaisien à Bradford. Yesterday, I met a Roubaisian in Bradford.
fr 1969 Richard Cobb A second identity; essays on France and French history. 0192121774 27 The telephone book was full of names under Van; many Roubaisiens had brothers or parents over the border, while since 1905 the very pious wool barons had been in the habit of sending their daughters and their sons to schools run by French orders situated often less than a kilometre over the frontier.
fr zootechnics Pigeon breed from France (Roubaix), for fancy purposes
fr 1984 American Pigeon Journal Company American Pigeon Journal https://books.google.fr/books?id=3qJOAAAAYAAJ 58 As rare breed, I noted some Piacentinos: Roubaisiens.
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