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Fabliau (Fab-lee-oh)
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Fabliau (Fab-lee-oh) (Poetry) 
A ribald and often cynical tale in verse, especially popular in the Middle Ages. Boccaccio's Decameron, Balzac's Droll Stories, and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, contain examples of fabliaux.
(See Jongleur, Trouvere)
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