cache-misère

== French == === Etymology === From cacher +‎ misère. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʃ.mi.zɛʁ/ === Noun === cache-misère m (plural cache-misères) outer garment that is used to hide dilapidated clothes anything that is used to disguise a poor state of affairs; a Potemkin village === Further reading === “cache-misère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012