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Bete noire   Listen
noun
Bete noire  n.  Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.






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"Bete noire" Quotes from Famous Books



... Madame Massin had predicted, was the bete noire of the relations, their sword of Damocles; and Madame Cremiere's favorite saying, "Well, whoever lives will know," shows that they wished at any rate more ...
— Ursula • Honore de Balzac



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