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gaston
/ˈɡæstən/
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What does gaston mean?
noun
- A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.
verb
- To hold using such a grip
proper noun
- A surname from Old Northern French.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡæstən/
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It was now April the 15th, and the lofty flight was embarked upon by M. Gaston Tissandier, accompanied by MM.
The prime minister, with whom Gaston spent several days, used to put two thousand louis d'ors on a large gaming-table after dinner.
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She could discover in him none of those brilliant and promising traits which Gaston, her husband, had often assured her that he possessed.
I believe that Gaston Cleric narrowly missed being a great poet, and I have sometimes thought that his bursts of imaginative talk were fatal to his poetic gift.
Neither Gaston, Alphonse nor any of their harem were killed and eaten by their owners; but seemed rather to fulfil the function of household pets.