Definition of "mouche" [mouche]

• A patch worn as an ornament. (noun)
• In the hurdy-gurdy, the open string next to the lowest one, usually tuned to the G next below middle C. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At the word mouche the rector rose and took from a drawer in one of the tall chests a small round basket made of fine osier, a pile of ivory counters yellow as a Turkish pipe after twenty years’ usage, and a pack of cards as greasy as those of the custom-house officers at Saint – Nazaire, who change them only once in two weeks."
• "-- SEINE RIVER Cruise on a bateau mouche (boat), board near the Eiffel Tower, take the métro to Trocadero, walk across to Eiffel Tower, easy, relaxing, worth the time"
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