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Eiffel Tower

noun

A wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889; for many years it was the tallest man-made structure.

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"Eiffel Tower" Quotes from Famous Books

... point, at a height of five hundred four feet. As we looked down on the lovely avenues, gardens and statues of this well-planned city we compared it with our view of Paris from the Arch of Triumph and Eiffel Tower. While Eiffel Tower is nearly twice as high as Washington Monument it revealed no lovelier view than we beheld in this ...

— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand

... discussing with Murty the question of building a garage, with a turn-table and pit for cleaning and repairs. To which Murty gave the eager interest and attention he would have shown had Jim proposed building anything, even had it been an Eiffel Tower ...

— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... when the train plunged among the myriad lights of the great city. The brilliant beacon of the Eiffel Tower sat high up in the sky, like an ...

— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird

... full of difficulty and danger. Just suppose that, while he was away off somewhere in Victor Hugo's house or at Napoleon's grave, the taxi-driver were to be struck by lightning. How on earth would he get home? He might, perhaps, be up in the Eiffel Tower and the taxi man get a stroke of paralysis, and then he'd starve to death trying to find his way back. After all, the guide has to have the kind of pluck and hardihood that ought to be well rewarded. Why, in other countries, like Switzerland, they have ...

— Behind the Beyond - and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge • Stephen Leacock

Words linked to "Eiffel Tower" : capital of France, French capital, Paris, City of Light, tower