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121 Sainte-Anne
Proper name. Etre bon pour Sainte-Anne: To be fit for the 'loony bin', to be 'bonkers', to be mad. ( Sainte-Anne is the name of a famous Paris mental hospital. Un échappé de Sainte-Anne is one whose state of mental health is even more perilously poised —both expressions are used with ironic overtones.) -
122 Saint-Glinglin
Proper natne. Fictitious saint whose name-day obviously does not appear in any calendar. A la Saint-Glinglin: 'When pigs have wings'—Never. Tu peux attendre jusqu'à la Saint-Glinglin pour te faire payer! You'll be waiting till doomsday to get paid! -
123 salingue
I.n. m. 'Dirty dog', salacious individual, one whose mind is constantly occupied with smutty thoughts.II.adj.1. 'Mucky', dirty, filthy.2. 'Smutty', salacious. Il vend des photos salingues: He sells dirty postcards. -
124 saucisson
n. m.1. (Musicians' slang): Tune or song of little merit (literally one that seems to have come into existence like sausages off a conveyor-belt).2. 'Biddy', rather unattractive woman (one whose figure is as remarkable as that of a sausage. Etre ficelée comme un saucisson can either mean to be bulging in the wrong places, or to be trussed up like a saucisson sec).3. (pol.): 'Stinker', difficult case (one that will take a lot of unravelling). -
125 socialo
n. m. 'Lefty', one whose sympathies lie with the Socialists. -
126 sonneur
n. m.1. 'Heavy', muscleman, one whose job it is to go banging heads together and pushing people's faces in.2. Ronfler comme un sonneur ( de cloches): To snore away. (The expression dormir comme un sonneur de cloches: to 'sleep like a log', and the above, go a long way to confirming that bellringers after a boozing ding-dong session were able to sleep it off at leisure!) -
127 soupeur
n. m. Scatological pervert whose preoccupation is with the consumption of abominable substances. (Reference to such matters is made in Auguste Le Breton's L'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI, and Jacques Cellard's and Alain Rey's DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS NON-CONVENTIONNEL.) -
128 spountz
n. m. Gullible 'cinéphile' whose only aim in life is to become a star of the screen. (Marcel Pagnol's film Le spountz, with Fernandel in the title-role, gave this word a good platform in the colloquial French of the 30s and early 40s.)
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whose — [ huz ] function word *** Whose can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (introducing a direct or indirect question): Whose idea was it to come here? (introducing a relative clause): The winner was a Brazilian player, whose name I have… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whose — 1. Despite a long established folk belief (which Fowler deplored) that whose, when used as a relative, should only mean of whom and not of which, usage over several centuries from the time of Shakespeare and Milton supports its use with reference … Modern English usage
whose — W1S2 [hu:z] determiner, pron [: Old English; Origin: hwAs, from hwa; WHO] 1.) used to ask which person or people a particular thing belongs to ▪ Whose is this? ▪ Whose keys are on the kitchen counter? 2.) used to show the relationship between a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Whose — (h[=oo]z), pron. [OE. whos, whas, AS. hw[ae]s, gen. of hw[=a]. See {Who}.] The possessive case of who or which. See {Who}, and {Which}. [1913 Webster] Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. [1913 Webster] The question whose … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whose|so|ev|er — «HOOZ soh EHV uhr», pronoun. Archaic. of any person whatsoever; whose … Useful english dictionary
whose — gen. of WHO (Cf. who); from O.E. hwæs, gen. of hwa (see WHO (Cf. who)) … Etymology dictionary
whose — ► POSSESSIVE DETERMINER & PRONOUN 1) belonging to or associated with which person. 2) (as possessive determiner ) of whom or which. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
whose — [[t]huːz[/t]] ♦ (Usually pronounced [[t]hu͟ːz[/t]] for meanings 2 and 3.) 1) PRON REL You use whose at the beginning of a relative clause where you mention something that belongs to or is associated with the person or thing mentioned in the… … English dictionary
whose */*/*/ — UK [huːz] / US [huz] determiner, pronoun Summary: Whose can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (introducing a direct or indirect question): Whose idea was it to come here? (introducing a relative clause): The winner was a Brazilian… … English dictionary
whose*/*/*/ — [huːz] determiner, pronoun summary: Whose can be: ■ a determiner: Whose idea was it to come here? ■ a question pronoun: Whose is this jacket? ■ a relative pronoun: I asked whose it was. 1) used for showing that someone or something belongs to or… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
