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1 coucheur
kuʃœʀ nm* * *coucheur nm mauvais coucheur awkward customer., coucheuse [kuʃɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom fémininc'est un coucheur he sleeps around, he's promiscuous -
2 croix
n. f.1. 'Burk', 'mutt-head', fool.2. lllitcrate person (i.e. one who signs his name with a cross).3. (Prostitutes' slang): Awkward customer.4. (Gangland slang): Outsider, one who is not part of the milieu.5. 'Tricky customer', awkward person. C'est une vraie croix! He's a right pain in the neck!6. C'est la croix et la bannière: It's a terrible drag —It's darned awkward.7. Mettre une croix dessus: To 'say goodbye to something', to give something up for lost.8. Décrocher la croix de bois: To get 'bumped off', killed in the war.9. Croix de bois, croix de fer ( si je mens je vais en enfer): Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is a lie).10. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes: deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross, made to fester and leave indelible scars.11. Le trafic des croix: Illegal trade of the Swiss twenty- franc gold coin known popularly as une croix. -
3 mauvais coucheur
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4 mauvaise tête
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5 coucheur
n. m. Mauvais coucheur: 'Awkward customer', person who is difficult for the sake of it. -
6 hérisson
n. m. (pol.): 'Awkward customer', difficult suspect (literally, one who, like the hedgehog, is prickly to handle). -
7 oiseau
n. m.1. (pej.): 'Obdurate nurk', pigheaded fool. Un drôle d'oiseau: An 'awkward customer'.2. Donner à quelqu'un des nonts d'oiseau: To 'call someone names', to shower abuse on someone.
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