faux
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Come the Grants o' Tullochgorum, Wi' their pipers on afore 'em; Proud the mithers are that bore 'em, Fee fuddle, fau fum.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill
Y ferch wen o’r dderw brenol, Arfaeth ddig yw’r fau o’th ol! p. 177Cain ei llun, canwyll Wynedd, Cyd bych o fewn caead bedd!
From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan
You know what the tenor replied when some one said from the pit, 'Monsieur, vous chantez fau.'
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
"Oh, that's a fau thief," says he, and thus they parleyed.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel
Water is then added in sufficient quantity till the tanoa is half-filled with a thin yellowish-green liquid, which is carefully strained by a thick "swab" of the beaten bark of the fau -tree.
From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis
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