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Italian
Etymology
Univerbation of cala (“drop”) + brache (“pants”), from the locution calare le brache (“to surrender”, literally “to drop one's pants”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.laˈbra.ke/
- Rhymes: -ake
- Hyphenation: ca‧la‧brà‧che
Noun
calabrache m (invariable)
- (uncountable) a card game where the objective is to discard all the cards in one's hand, by pairing them up with cards on the table
- someone who is cowardly or submissive
Further reading
- calabrache in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana