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Today's Word "bricolage"

Construction using whatever materials happen to be available on

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bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\ (noun) - Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.

"Some professor snotgristle described coyote as a bricoleur, a mythic handy-man who cobbles reality in the form of a bricolage out of the available material, which is quite everything when you think about." -- Violet Reason, 'Carbon Dreams'

 

Bricolage comes from the French, from bricole, "trifle; small job."


 

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