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blanc-bec m (plural blancs-becs)
- (colloquial, derogatory) greenhorn
1976, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “L’homme à tête de chou”, in L’homme à tête de chou:J’étais fini, foutu, échec / Et mat aux yeux d’Marilou / Qui m’traitait comme un blanc-bec- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin:Et moi, j’aurai été un écrivain de génie, universellement admiré, j’aurai reçu le prix Nobel de littérature, tout ça pour qu’un blanc-bec vienne me lanciner de questions quasi tautologiques, auxquelles le dernier des imbéciles fournirait une réponse identique à la mienne !- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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