Vulgar words in A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux (Page 1)
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[38] M'EN CONTER, 'To make love to me.'
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This byplay is also a reminiscence of the habits of the early _comédiens italiens_, who indulged to excess in _lazzi_, which originally meant, not witticisms, but tricks more or less buffoon in their nature, such as circus clowns still indulge in.