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French
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Noun
pied de nez m (plural pieds de nez)
- snook (disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth)
- faire un pied de nez à quelqu’un ― to cock a snook at someone
- (figuratively) act of defiance
- faire un pied de nez à quelqu’un ― to thumb one's nose at someone
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