Both Uses of
fiasco
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Six hours after this fiasco, Alma returned to finish drawing my blood.†
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- His face was scabbed and bloomed with bruises; his hands—cuffed tightly to his waist after last week's fiasco—were scratched.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(fiasco) a complete failure or humiliating situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, fiasco may reference a traditional Italian wine bottle (covered with straw).