To: Califelephant
Somebody checked up on what a 'Scaramouche' was. Turned out to be a standard operatic charachter for a 'boastful coward'.
2 posted on
04/26/2004 5:10:01 PM PDT by
Riley
To: Riley
- If the name fits, sail it!
Scaramouch also Scaramouche (skàr´e-m¡sh´, -m¡ch´, -mouch´) noun
A stock character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime, depicted as a boastful coward or buffoon.
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To: Riley
Can you do the fandango? Very, very frightening indeed!
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