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Folies Bergère
[ French faw-lee ber-zher ]
noun
- a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Folies Bergère1
< French: the Bergère Follies, after rue Bergère, a street near which it was originally located
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Example Sentences
The next day I commented on the cat's behaviour to some friends who had also been to the Folies-Bergère on different nights.
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Armande de Fleury, the young pianissimo danseuse from the Folies Bergère is about to sing.
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Do you remember seeing me at the Folies Bergère a month ago?
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They occupied a 'loge' in the crammed, gorgeous, noisy Folies-Bergère.
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It is the clou of their performance for a week's engagement at the Paris Folies-Bergère.
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