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#48 Sally: My S.O. has just told me that the word poubelle is an eponym.
French masterclass 2007
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"We'll need garbage bags, a broom, a dust-pan, and a plumeau," Tess said, handing me dozens of dusty old books that had been pulled out of a poubelle and given to me by a neighbor.
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"We'll need garbage bags, a broom, a dust-pan, and a plumeau," Tess said, handing me dozens of dusty old books that had been pulled out of a poubelle and given to me by a neighbor.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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I often see the man in pantoufles hanging out of a village poubelle.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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I often see the man in pantoufles hanging out of a village poubelle.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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I often see the man in pantoufles hanging out of a village poubelle.
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I often see the man in pantoufles hanging out of a village poubelle.
Characters 2009
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"We'll need garbage bags, a broom, a dust-pan, and a plumeau," Tess said, handing me dozens of dusty old books that had been pulled out of a poubelle and given to me by a neighbor.
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"We'll need garbage bags, a broom, a dust-pan, and a plumeau," Tess said, handing me dozens of dusty old books that had been pulled out of a poubelle and given to me by a neighbor.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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I bought my first MacBook, and I was one happy girl -- especially after I got through the totally doable yet hair-pulling frustration period of throwing my PC knowledge into the poubelle and installing the latest Apple OS into my non-tech brain.
karnage commented on the word poubelle
la poubelle est plus belle.
March 10, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word poubelle
A surname which, thanks to M. Eugène-René Poubelle, now has the general meaning 'dustbin'. Of course, when I learnt the word back in school French class, I learnt only the general meaning, and now my mind will forever parse 'M. Poubelle' as 'Mr. Dustbin'.
January 10, 2009
devo12345 commented on the word poubelle
It means rubbish bin.
March 3, 2013