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brise-bise
[ breez-beez ]
/ ËbrizËbiz /
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noun
a short curtain, often of lace, hung on the lower section of a window.
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Origin of brise-bise
1910â15; <French: literally, (it) breaks (the) wind (brise 3rd singular present of briser to break; bise north wind)
Words nearby brise-bise
bris, brisance, Brisbane, Brisbane box, brisé, brise-bise, brise-soleil, Brisingamen, brisk, brisken, brisket
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