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bricolage

noun bri·co·lage \ˌbrē-kō-ˈläzh, ˌbri-\

Definition of BRICOLAGE

:  construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also :  something constructed in this way
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Origin of BRICOLAGE

French, from bricoler to putter about
First Known Use: 1960

Rhymes with BRICOLAGE

arbitrage, assemblage, badinage, bon voyage, cabotage, camouflage, colportage, curettage, decoupage, empennage, enfleurage, entourage, fuselage, Hermitage, maquillage, moyen-âge, persiflage, repechage, reportage, sabotage, vernissage

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