Observations Backlog 691 - Fustian

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Observations Backlog 691 - Fustian

#1 Post by SportsFan68 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:13 am

The last review of the area symphonic concert was so filled with hyperbole and flowery language that it became an overblown fustian, making me think that it was written to order for the paper's publisher, one of the chief patrons of the symphony.
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