cour des miracles

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French

Etymology

After Paris's Cour des miracles.

Noun

cour des miracles f (plural cours des miracles)

  1. ill-famed slum
    • 1981, Jean-Marc Ligny, Furia!, →ISBN:
      Il se dit qu’il ne ressortira plus jamais de cette cour des miracles, que dans dix minutes un petit nerveux va déboucher d’une venelle avec un couteau et le planter aussi sec.
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