fruit sec

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Pronunciation

Noun

fruit sec m (plural fruits secs)

  1. dried fruit
  2. nut
  3. (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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