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falstaff

Main Entry: Fal·staff

Pronunciation: \ˈfȯl-ˌstaf\

Function: noun

Date: 1596

: a fat, convivial, roguish character in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV

— Fal·staff·ian \fȯl-ˈsta-fē-ən\ adjective

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