2023年6月21日 星期三

troubadur/ troubadour, spiffed up


He attended college, did some acting, married, served with the Navy Seabees in Africa during World War II and moved to Waterville, where he bought and spiffed up a local ice cream stand. His frozen treats became a favored local delight, available at Gustafson’s market, the Chicken Coop restaurant, Bea’s Candy Kitchen — even Mid-State Motors, where a gasoline purchase came with a pint of Rummel’s.

Giorgio de Chirico, A troubadur, 1950


A Spiffy troubadour



spiffy 
adjective US INFORMAL
stylish, attractive or pleasing:
a spiffy haircut/dresser life-changing 改變生命的

Troubadour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 中世紀吟游詩人
troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the European High Middle Ages. The  troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh ...

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troubadur

a French medieval lyric poet composing and singing in Provençal in the 11th to 13th centuries, especially on the theme of courtly love.
The term buskers originates from an old French word for troubadours - minstrels, love singers or poets.

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