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 Escapa’de (3 syl.).Escu’age (3 syl.) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Esclandre.
 
An event which gives rise to scandal. “By the famous Boulogne esclandre.”   1
        “Since the last ‘esclandre’ he had held little or no communication with her.”—Lady Herbert: Edith, 18.
 


 Escapa’de (3 syl.).Escu’age (3 syl.) 

 
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