Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rococo

C'est du rococo. It is mere twaddle; Brummagem finery; make-believe. (Italian roco, uncouth.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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