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Fume

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In a fume. In ill-temper, especially from impatience. The French say, “Fumer sans tabac; Fumer sans pipe” (to put oneself into a rage). Smoking with rage, or rather with the ineffectual vapour of anger.

“A! Rignot, il est courageulx

Pour un homme avantureulx

Et terrible quant il se fume.”


LʹAventureulx (a farce).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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