Gustave Flaubert · Translated by Jacques Barzun
Le Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues
Letter K
To be called Catalonian when the blade is long; called dagger when used to commit a crime.
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Used only to describe picture exhibitions.
Ought to be found on every drawing-room table.
Case designed to hold marshal's baton.
Word that offends the Russians.
Book entirely about women, by Mohammed.