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Hi Thomasin....eight years later and your reply come through so clear.
What are 'fanfarroons'?
What are 'fanfarroons'?
I assume it'sn alternate spelling of fanfaron (link): "A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster". From Fr < Sp fanfarron cf. It fanfano and OSp. fanfa 'swaggering, boasting' and Ar farfār 'talkative'. I've seen quotes from Dryden and Walter Scott.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
and thus are our livers chopped.
and thus are our livers chopped.
I wasn't answering the question you were but a similar one asked by another ...
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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