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| fi·as·co [ fee áskō ] (plural fi·as·cos) |
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1. humiliating failure: a total failure, especially a humiliating or ludicrous one
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2. straw-covered wine bottle: a wine bottle having a round bottom and often in a straw covering resembling a basket
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| [Mid-19th century. Via Italian, "bottle" < medieval Latin flasco "flask"; sense "failure" from theatrical slang] |
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