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A sudden but short-lived reconciliation: a term derisively given to the reconciliation brought about by the Abbe Lamourette on the 7th of July, 1792, between the factions of the Legislative Assembly… The term is now generally used for a reconciliation of policy without abatement of rancor.

Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William S. Walsh, 1892.

It’s funnier when you know an amourette is a love story that doesn’t last long.

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   It’s funnier when you know an amourette is a love story that doesn’t last long.

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