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thomasin #203137 11/08/11 12:14 PM
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Hi Thomasin....eight years later and your reply come through so clear.

What are 'fanfarroons'?

Candy #203141 11/08/11 01:38 PM
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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.


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and thus are our livers chopped.

tsuwm #203158 11/09/11 02:15 AM
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and thus are our livers chopped.

I wasn't answering the question you were but a similar one asked by another ...


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