Figaro

[ (fig-uh-roh) ]

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A scheming Spanish barber who appears as a character in eighteenth-century French plays. The operas The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini, are about Figaro.

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VICTORIA VALENTINO (1970) The former Playboy Playmate met Cosby in 1970 at Café Figaro, a restaurant the comedian co-owned.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few weeks later, Valentino and her pal, an aspiring actress named Meg Foster, met Cosby again at Café Figaro.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She says she worked at Café Figaro, a Los Angeles restaurant co-owned by Cosby, and one day he offered to give her a ride home.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Hollande is elected, Le Figaro stresses, Royal is openly interested in being named Speaker of the House.
Francois Hollande and Segolene Royal: France’s Political Fairytale|Tracy McNicoll|April 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The pro-Sarkozy conservative daily Le Figaro calls Royal “a sharpshooter.”
Francois Hollande and Segolene Royal: France’s Political Fairytale|Tracy McNicoll|April 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Alphonse determined to live by his pen, and presently obtained introductions to the "Figaro."
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
He then said that a famous editor, of the Figaro, I think, had once said that every man had one newspaper article in him.
Overlooked|Maurice Baring
Susanna in the Nozze di Figaro is a familiar example of Colombina in her latest dramatic development.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
The word, chauffeur, the Paris Figaro tells us, was known long before the advent of automobiles or locomotives.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
She had called for the "Figaro," to see the passenger list of the steamer.
Sons and Fathers|Harry Stillwell Edwards

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