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Examples
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He could face a body of soldiers without flinching, and he could meet daily the frivolousness and folly, the bagatelles and boutades of his pretty wife without losing patience.
Hubert's Wife A Story for You Minnie Mary Lee
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Then _boutades_ of increasing vehemence would mark the rising impatience.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888
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Indeed, Jacob's _boutades_ never went long unpardoned.
Lady Rose's Daughter Humphry Ward 1885
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