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‖ galère|galɛr|
[Fr., lit. galley; also fig. (cf. galley n. 1 b).]
A coterie, circle; a (usu. undesirable) set of people; an unpleasant place or situation.
1756Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1777) II. 435, I most frequently..congratulate..myself for having got out of that galère. 1842Mill Let. 11 Mar. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 507 Everybody now condemns the folly of involving ourselves in that galère. 1895S. Weyman Mem. Minister of France iii. 121 ‘Why, your excellency,’ he cried, in a tone of boundless surprise, ‘what are you doing in this galère?’ 1961D. G. James Matthew Arnold i. 15 If it comes to ‘ruling ideas’ what was Newman doing in a galère which contained Goethe and Sainte-Beuve? 1963Times 26 Sept. 17/5 The head of the Security Service gave this ruling on February 1:—‘Until further notice no approach should be made to anyone in the Ward galère.’ |