Alphonse and gaston
marked by a ritualistic courtliness in which two often competing partic-p-nts graciously but stubbornly defer to each other:
a kind of alphonse and gaston act in which each man insisted the other go through the doorway first.
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. noun (music) a wind instrument used in the swiss alps, consisting of a very long tube of wood or bark with a cornet-like mouthpiece
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of, pertaining to, on, or part of any lofty mountain. very high; elevated. (initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, on, or part of the alps. botany. growing on mountains above the limit of tree growth: alpine plants. (often initial capital letter) of or relating to downhill skiing or a compet-tive downhill skiing event. compare (def […]
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see under (def 2). also called snakeweed. a european plant, polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent. any of several related plants, as p. viviparum (alpine bistort) historical examples ser′pent-fish, the snake-fish; ser′pent-gr-ss, the alpine bistort. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 4 of 4: s-z […]