blague
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of blague
C19: from French
Example Sentences
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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
"It makes no difference," shouted Loubet, with the blague of a child of the Halles, "but this is not the Berlin road we are traveling, all the same."
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
‘Bude, is this worthy of an old friend, this blague?’
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Histrio all blague and blather, Is it not pity, rather, One Frenchman should foregather With him in selfish pact?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 by Various
That elaborate and delicate gallantry was a kind of blague for the whole nation; it made every Frenchman a knight of chivalry.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
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