souillon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.jɔ̃/
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Noun
souillon m (plural souillons)
- slob, slovenly person, dirty person
- (figurative, dated) woman of ill repute, prostitute
- a person who makes something dirty
- a domestic servant who does jobs in which one becomes dirty
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérablesfr.Wikisource:
- Ce particulier si pauvrement vêtu, qui tirait de sa poche les roues de derrière avec tant d’aisance et qui prodiguait des poupées gigantesques à de petites souillons en sabots, était certainement un bonhomme magnifique et redoutable
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Related terms
- souillasse
- souilloner
- souillonnerie
- souillonnet
- soussouille
Further reading
- “souillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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