In English the word describes a complete failure. In Italian it describes a straw covered bottle. What is the word?
Fiasco (bottle) The latter often used a basket of whitened straw, decorated with two stripes tinted in the Italian flag colors (red and green). The base is a doughnut made of scrap straw, tied with fine straw blades ("salicchio"). Centuries ago, the basket often included one or more handles of twisted straw; they are sometimes included in present-day fiaschi, often for decorative purposes only. Fiasco (bottle) A fiasco (; , plural: ) is a typical Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close-fitting straw basket. The basket is typically made of "",
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