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French
Pronunciation
Noun
fruit sec m (plural fruits secs)
- dried fruit
- nut
- (slang) lazybones
1994, Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte:Un type comme lui devrait avoir des enfants ; s’il avait des enfants, on pourrait espèrer qu’il finisse par sortir quelque chose de ce grouillement de petits Bernards. Mais non, il n’est même pas marié. Fruit sec.- A guy like him should have children; if he had children, we could hope that something would come out of him. But no, he isn't even married. Lazybones.
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