contretemps
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A Contretemps Edith did not know, herself, what had induced her to write that letter to Paris.
From Tenterhooks by Leverson, Ada
A Contretemps Opposite to us were Victorine and the Marquis, and Godmamma and the Baron, and Jean and the Marquis's mother.
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
This amusing but disgraceful feud was burlesqued in a farce called "Contretemps, or The Rival Queens," which was performed at Heidigger's theatre.
From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
Contretemps, kon-tr-tang′, n. something happening inopportunely or at the wrong time, anything embarrassing, a hitch.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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