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Mesdemoiselles (affectation)

mesdemoiselles

also: мамзели

French for 'young ladies'; the masked millionaire peppers his coarse Russian with mangled French phrases as a comic marker of a nouveau-riche man aping high society.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 3 works (5 mentions)

In Winkler's Museum Stories · 1 mention
The Mask Stories · 3 mentions
To A. S. Suvorin, 6 February 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

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