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French
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Dutch schrabben, schrabbelen (see modern Dutch schrapen (“scrape, rake”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
escarbille f (plural escarbilles)
- a small piece of unburned coal mixed with ashes
- a speck of ember that escapes from a fire and floats in the air; floating ember
1953, Simone de Beauvoir, Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée [Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter]:J’aimais les trains. Penchée à la portière, j’offrais mon visage au vent et aux escarbilles […]- I love trains. Leaning out the door I offer my face to the wind and the embers
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