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French
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Noun
péquin m (plural péquins)
- (military slang) civvy
- (colloquial) Joe Schmoe, rando
2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 52; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:Il avait une fonction, c’était le disquaire. Moins prestigieux que le guitariste, mais quand même mieux situé dans la hiérarchie que le péquin de base.- He had a single quality, he was a record dealer. Not as cool as being a guitarist, but still higher up the pecking order than the average arsehole.