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>>A shop that sells old clothing<<
Why do I love that?
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In reply to:
Friperie in French has a few meanings.
The first is a term for old clothing.
The second is a shop that sells used clothing.
The third is a set of clothing for an occassion. I think that may be what your friend is referring to Father Steve.
1 obsolete a : castoff clothes b : a place where old clothes are sold
2 a : a piece of finery : FINERY; especially : a showy nonessential article of dress that may be cheap and tawdry, excessively detailed and ornamented, or elegant and rich <the fripperies of her elegant bonnet trembling -- Arnold Bennett> b : affected elegance : OSTENTATION
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but I think now I've mantled the entire thread.
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>>A shop that sells old clothing<<
Why do I love that?
Probably for the same reason that I love the word "coleporteur"
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>>>Probably for the same reason that I love the word "coleporteur"
Ooo, really?? Very few people I know love colporteurs. I'm too lazy to look it up in English, but in French a colporteur is a door-to-door saleman (think vacuum cleaners and insurance).
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I'm too lazy:
of devotional literature.
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Bel, I don't love door-to-door salesmen anymore than anyone else - this in spite of the fact that I once sold vacuum cleaners (and there's a job that sucks). I DO love the word "colporteur", first because I like the idea that there is such a specific occupational word, and second because of Cole Porter, the songwriter. Makes me wonder if that WAS his real name.......
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Makes me wonder if that WAS his real name.......
Nuh-uh. It was Willy Loman.
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sounds like it's night and day between the word and the name...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Roger, please sing that for us!!
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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