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pointe

In dance, the tip of the toe. A dancer sur les pointes is dancing on her toes in blocked shoes, as popularized by the Italian dancer Marie Taglioni in 1832.
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And though the answer meant nothing, the general looked as though he had heard a witty remark from a witty man, and fully relished la pointe de la sauce.
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