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lampoon

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7 lettersPronunciation /læmˈpuːn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted almnoopStarts with LEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. ridicule with satire

Word origin

From French lampon (“satire, mockery, ridicule”), built on French lampons (“let us drink — a popular refrain for scurrilous songs”), from lamper (“to quaff, to swig”).

Used in a sentence

  • To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
  • The original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.

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