n. shev-uh-leen
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Chevaline is a fictional creature from Neal Stevenson's post-cyberpunk novel The Diamond Age. The Chevaline is a nanovictorian bioengineered horse-like creature built with a virtually unlimited power supply and preternatural agility. Seems to derive from the French word for an equestrian statue.
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Chevaline is the pseudonym for Memetec Design LLC's creative director C. Cole, an accomplished dancer who was involved in establishing The Venue in Boise Idaho.
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Chevaline is a fictional creature from Neal Stevenson's post-cyberpunk novel The Diamond Age. The Chevaline is a nanovictorian bioengineered horse-like creature built with a virtually unlimited power supply and preternatural agility. Seems to derive from the French word for an equestrian statue.
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Chevaline is the pseudonym for Memetec Design LLC's creative director C. Cole, an accomplished dancer who was involved in establishing The Venue in Boise Idaho.
"A horse, or something built around the same general plan, was coming down the street at a hard gallop. Its hooves did not make the pocking noise of iron horseshoes. Bud realized it was a chevaline - a four-legged robot thingy."
From The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson.
Published by Bantam Books in 1995
From The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson.
Published by Bantam Books in 1995
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A drink similar to an Arnold Palmer, but made with different ingredients and using different proportions.
A "Jeff Chaveline" is a tall glass of Diet Coke with a splash of lemonade (or a few generous squeezes of lemon.)
See also: Bourbon Chaveline
A "Jeff Chaveline" is a tall glass of Diet Coke with a splash of lemonade (or a few generous squeezes of lemon.)
See also: Bourbon Chaveline
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Chaline is the a smart, beautiful and talented girl. Everyone just has to love her. She is one of the nicest and funniest people out there and nobody can be compared to a chaline.
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Chaline is the beautiful girl next door.
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Chelaine is so incredibly beautiful and intelligent that only a few have been chosen to wield such a immensely powerful name.
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