Meaning of bijou problemette | Babel Free

Definitions

A little fault or problem.

UK, humorous, informal

Examples

“A bijou problemette then arose. The conference finished too late for me to catch the northbound Eurostar Connection Waterloo-Edinburgh train.”

“There is also the "bijou problemette" (as my old chemistry teacher would say) that members of this consortium can't legitimately enter the quiz, since they wrote some of the questions.”

“I have a 'bijou problemette' with my PC. It only works after a period of being switched off.”

“So Italy had a couple of bijoux problemettes; Mussolini had more, once he’d been dismissed as leader of the Fascist Party, and from leading the government of the country, he was arrested and gaoled by the Italians…”

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