feuille de chou

French

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan fuelha de chaul.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fœj də ʃu/
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Noun

feuille de chou f (plural feuilles de chou)

(dated) Synonym of oreille (“ear”)
(derogatory, figuratively) a rag (low-quality newspaper)
Hypernym: journal

See also

torchon

Further reading

“feuille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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