cache-misère

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French

Etymology

From cacher +‎ misère.

Pronunciation

Noun

cache-misère m (plural cache-misères)

  1. outer garment that is used to hide dilapidated clothes
  2. anything that is used to disguise a poor state of affairs; a Potemkin village

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