larbin

French

Etymology

Perhaps from an alteration of habin (“dog”), with agglutination of definite article.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laʁ.bɛ̃/
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Noun

larbin m (plural larbins)

(derogatory) underlabourer, servant, boy
(derogatory) dogsbody, flunkey, hireling

Derived terms

larbinisme

Further reading

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

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