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Pétroleuse

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Was a name given to certain Parisian women of the Commune of 1871, who poured petroleum on the Hôtel de Ville and other buildings to burn them.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pétroleuse'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/ptroleuse.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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