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Definition of Farceuse
1. female performer in farces [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farceuse
Literary usage of Farceuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"farceuse ! (Low comedy lady !)" remarked the guide, as he performed his duties.
When they were securely roped to each other, the guide touched his hat and ..."
2. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson (1910)
"... whom I had not hitherto recognised; " it was monsieur; I told him to follow
the cow." " As for you, mademoiselle," said I, " you are a farceuse. ..."
3. An Inland Voyage, and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson (1922)
"oui, c'est vrai. Et d'ou venez-vous?" "That is true," . . . "yes, that is true.
And where do you come from? " farceuse: " a roguish jester." PAGE 33. ..."
4. An Inland Voyage, and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson, James Cloyd Bowman (1918)
"oui, c'est vrai. Et d'ou venez-vous?" "That is true," . . . "yes, that is true.
And where do you come from? " farceuse: " a roguish jester." PAGE 33. ..."
5. The Forms of Prose Literature by John Hays Gardiner (1900)
""As for you, mademoiselle," said I, "you are a farceuse" " And," added the man, "
what the devil have you done to be still here ? " What the devil, indeed ! ..."
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