dégringolade
noun
a quick deterioration or breakdown, as of a situation or circumstance.
dégringolades
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pluralof dégringolade.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of the earliest marks of these dégringolades is, that the victim begins to disappear from the New Town thoroughfares, and takes to the High Street, like a wounded animal to the woods.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
