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fabliau
fabliau [ fábbli ō ] (plural fabliaux [ fábbli ōz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
comic verse: a comic and often bawdy story in verse, especially of a kind popular in 12th- and 13th-century France
[Early 19th century. < French< plural of Old French fablel 'little story' < fable (see fable)]
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