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Meaning
Noun
●
A
sudden
or
unexpected
failure.
●
A
ludicrous
or
humiliating
situation
. Some
effort
that
went
quite wrong.
●
A
wine bottle
in a (usually
straw
) jacket.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fiasco
English
fiasco
Italian
flasca
Latin
flasco
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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