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French
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Etymology
From Algerian Arabic كلب (kelb).
Pronunciation
Noun
clebs m (plural clebs)
- (informal) dog, mutt
- Synonym: chien
- (informal) homeless
- Synonyms: SDF, clébard
1948, Raymond Guérin, L’Apprenti, Gallimard, Paris:Il le regarde s’éloigner dans la lumière crue de l’avenue, avec son affreux clebs.- He watches him walk away in the raw light of the avenue, with his awful mutt.
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