The marquise gave the supreme accolade of her approval to the sculptors Pigalle and Falconet by posing for them at full length. |
They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon. |
Mr Fuseli criticises the passage, and assumes that the painter had better reason than that given by Mr falconet. |
Disraeli left an unfinished novel in which the priggish central character, Falconet, is unmistakably a caricature of Gladstone. |
Until you spot a long-limbed, regal caracara or a cute, little falconet, you haven't met the whole Falconidae family. |
He was always a good shot with a falconet or a mortar-piece. |