Fabliau

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fabliau \Fa`bli`au"\, n.; pl. {Fabliaux} (-[-o]"). [F., fr.
     OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)
     One of the metrical tales of the Trouv[`e]res, or early poets
     of the north of France.
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