Tuesday, January 12, 2016

French words of the day

basque - corset, usually laced up making the waist small and the bosom large
bon mot - good word
cabaret - like vaudeville but more satirical and upmarket
vaudeville -from the French v a u x de Vire - from a town where songs were composed, a cabaret or songs and various entertainments

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, author, speaker

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