Lexicographical Neighbors of Foutre
Literary usage of Foutre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"To this enumeration might be added the French Jean-Jean, a great simpleton; Jean
foutre, or Jean fesse, a despicable fellow. (Popular), my girl, or my young ..."
2. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Ne pas en ficher, fiche, foutre, un coup, not to do a stroke of work. 4. Faire le
coup du lapin, to murder. (Lit. like a rabbit, with a blow on the nape. ..."
3. Argot and Slang: A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words by Albert Marie Victor Barrère (1889)
"foutre la paix, to leave one alone. Vous refusez formellement, c'est bien ...
foutre un coup de pied dans les jambes, to borrow money, "to break shins ..."
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