à la sauvette

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a la so.vɛt/, /a la sɔ.vɛt/
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Adverb

à la sauvette

  1. hastily, hurriedly
    Synonym: à la va-vite
  2. on the sly (used especially of selling in the street or on the beach)
    vendeur à la sauvette ― to sell on the sly
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      minibus collés pare-chocs contre pare-chocs pour vendre à la sauvette des œufs durs
      minibuses stuck bumper to bumper trying to flof hard-boiled eggs
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