blague
Britishnoun
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- blaguer noun
Etymology
Origin of blague
C19: from French
Example Sentences
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Ah, non, elle est la vraie anglaise sans blague.
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With this specimen of blague we may leave the caricaturists of France to fight it out with La Censure.
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What blague would she have ready for the Cour d'Assizes?
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The stranger looked after the pair sharply as they turned towards a crowd where a little old man was expatiating on the marvellous abilities of Madame La Blague, the celebrated clairvoyante, and muttered something between his teeth.
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While Evelyn was gravely congratulating himself on the good effect of his pamphlet, the King, in the vein of irrepressible "blague" that was his characteristic trait, remarked that the "pinking upon white made his courtiers look like so many magpies."
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