pacotille

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English

Etymology

French pacotille (“junk”)

Noun

pacotille (plural pacotilles)

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

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French

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Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish pacotilla, although the relatively recent attestation of the Spanish term makes this problematic.

Noun

pacotille f (plural pacotilles)

  1. junk (cheap, tacky articles)

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