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French
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Noun
baltringue m or f (plural baltringues)
- (informal, derogatory) numpty, dolt, loser, moron
- Near-synonym: branquignol
2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:C’est des conneries qu’il raconte mon cousin, il est un peu fou, la preuve il est dans les classes pour handicapés au collège. Je suis pas une sale baltringue. Je n’étais pas convaincant.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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