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‖ vers d'occasion|vɛr dɔkazjɔ̃|
[Fr.]
Light verse written for a special occasion (see occasional a. 2 b).
1867F. Locker Lyra Elegantiarum 11 Vers de société and vers d'occasion should be short, elegant, refined, and fanciful. 1933N. & Q. 26 Aug. 143/1 Many of his pieces are somewhat unskilful vers d'occasion. 1946R. Lehmann Gipsy's Baby 71 She was a great one for vers d'occasion. Upon my birthday..I received..a pale pink scalloped gilt-edged card inscribed..in a frame of hand-painted roses. 196020th Cent. Sept. 276 The vers d'occasion includes some limericks and clerihews. 1982B. Askwith Piety & Wit vii. 112 The bons mots, the puns, the vers d'occasion, travel badly in time. |