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n- A pet idea or notion.

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  • Europe with their traditional costume of motley, cap and bells, and marotte.
  • How often this is so with the visions of domesticity — the detailed picture of what our home will be like; or, of life among our fellow-citizens or in society; or, again, of...
  • June 18th, 2006 at 6:27 pm marotte hand don’t know whatma left hand’s doin’
  • Never mind the grammar, the sentences above illustrate my ignorance of la grammaire, mais l’orthographe… c’est ma marotte.
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