blague
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- blaguer noun
Etymology
Origin of blague
C19: from French
Example Sentences
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It was mandatory, for instance, to see an artist like Manet�with his dandyism and blague, his risky spontaneity and breadth of touch�as a father of later modernist painting.
From Time Magazine Archive
On hearing of the Office's manifesto and list of Anglicisms, London's Punch declared it pretty gauche for the French to be talking so much blague.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now, out of that atmosphere of gayety and blague, this!
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
Something at least would come to influence him; or else Mrs. Ilkington’s promise had been mere blague....
From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph
That period was wiser than our own in one respect: nobody of any common sense thought of spoiling such exquisite blague by taking it seriously.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)
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