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 Beau Monde.Beauclerc [good scholar]. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Beau Trap.
 
A loose pavement under which water lodges, and which squirts up filth when trodden on, to the annoyance of the smartly dressed.   1
 


 Beau Monde.Beauclerc [good scholar]. 

 
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