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belle époque /ˌbɛl eɪˈpɒk / /bɛl epɔk/nounThe period of settled and comfortable life preceding the First World War: [as modifier]: a romantic, belle-époque replica of a Paris bistro...- Later generations, scarred by war, called this period a golden era, the belle époque.
- The former has gone down in history as the Great Depression of the nineteenth century, while the latter is known as the belle époque.
- Built in 1904, it is like entering a belle-époque time-warp, and its engine room is every schoolboy's dream come true.
OriginRhymesad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok |