Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Scaramouch Dress

(A), in Molière's time, was black from top to toe; hence he says, “Night has put on her `scaramouch dress.' ”

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