fantouche
adj.— «We’ll watch some Mitch and later, I’ll try out my sister-in-law’s fantouche recipe on you.» —“Re: R: News from Locarno?” by journeytox@aol.com (Kim) Usenet: alt.tv.x-files Aug. 10, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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