PAILLON Definition & Meaning

paillon

[ French pah-yawn ]

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noun

plural paillons

a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.

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Origin of paillon¹

1885–90; < French, special use of paille straw ( pallet ¹ ) + -on noun suffix

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Example Sentences

“Today I find myself trying to save my company, and I’m not sure that I can,” said Serge Paillon, park’s owner.

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Mr. Paillon furloughed 20 employees.

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“For a year and a half, it was already a disaster,” Mr. Paillon said.

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Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice's Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.

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Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice’s Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.

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