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clochard en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French clochard.

Meanings

1. A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
   • ‘Those clochards in Cannes, mostly old soixante-huitards. They see a tribute to modern industrial genius and can't resist giving it a swift kick.’ 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 92:
   • He nearly fell over the Pont Neuf, enjoyed the conversation and esteem of several hairy clochards, and was finally knocked down by a taxi in the Place Vendôme […] 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 492:

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