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- proper noun idiomatic Something that appears highly
desirable , but proves to beimaginary , illusory and ultimately verydisappointing .
Etymologies
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Derives from a story (The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother) of a hungry beggar invited by a Barmacide (Barmakids) prince to a banquet, which proved a long succession of merely empty dishes, and which he enjoyed with such seeming gusto and such good-humour as to earn for himself a sumptuous real one.
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