Baden-baden
a city in w baden-württemberg, in sw germany: spa.
contemporary examples
at seventeen he left baden-baden to go to st. gallen, switzerland.
hunting down aribert heim, egypt’s hidden n-z- nicholas kulish, souad mekhennet march 23, 2014
historical examples
remembering him in baden-baden in great magnificence, i wondered at his present denuded state.
roundabout papers william makepeace thackeray
there is no fainting there; he loses no seventeen-mark umbrella from baden-baden.
a woman’s will anne warner
we spent a day or two in farewell visits, and then left for baden-baden.
a tramp abroad, complete mark twain (samuel clemens)
my aunt rosine was at baden-baden, ruining the whole family with a new “system.”
my double life sarah bernhardt
his last-earned honour he did not enjoy for more than a year; for, on the 20th august, 1842, he died suddenly at baden-baden.
cornish worthies, volume 2 (of 2) walter h. tregellas
however, our business in baden-baden this time, was to join our courier.
a tramp abroad, complete mark twain (samuel clemens)
we stayed at baden-baden all summer and part of the fall, and then left for paris.
the atlantic monthly, volume 20, no. 120, october, 1867. various
i expected to find them still there, but they had left for baden-baden.
blackwood’s edinburgh magazine – volume 62, no. 384, october 1847 various
he wanted to visit venice and baden-baden, and the great watering-places that had been recommended to him.
jennie gerhardt theodore dreiser
noun
a spa in sw germany, in baden-württemberg. pop: 53 938 (2003 est)
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