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briquet

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
  Synonym: briquette


 
 
Wikipedia: briquet (disambiguation)

A briquet may refer to:

  • Charles Moїse Briquet (1880-1918) - Swiss paper merchant and scholar of watermarks.
  • A block of flammable matter, see briquette.
  • A breed of dog more commonly known as an Artois Hound.
  • A type of sandwich.
  • A curved, short-bladed sabre often carried in past centuries by infantrymen and artillerymen.
  • An eponymous syndrome Briquet's Syndrome, also known as "Briquet Disorder" or "Brissaud-Marie Syndrome".
  • False male genitals. In fourteenth-century Europe, high-ranking noblemen were permitted to display their genitals below a short tunic, while those not impressively endowed could, if they choose, wear a leather falsie called a briquette.

 
 

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