All 3 Uses
fiasco
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A Room With A View
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- Freddy was at his wittiest, referring to Cecil as the "Fiasco"—family honoured pun on fiance.†
Chpt 8 *
- Chapter IX: Lucy As a Work of Art A few days after the engagement was announced Mrs. Honeychurch made Lucy and her Fiasco come to a little garden-party in the neighbourhood, for naturally she wanted to show people that her daughter was marrying a presentable man.†
Chpt 9
- "Fiasco's done you this time," remarked Freddy, not seeing that his sister's face was very red.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(fiasco) a complete failure or humiliating situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, fiasco may reference a traditional Italian wine bottle (covered with straw).