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French
Etymology
From Anastasie Pipelet, a chatty concierge in the novel Les Mystères de Paris (1842).
Pronunciation
Noun
pipelette f (plural pipelettes)
- (derogatory) chatterbox
- Synonym: moulin à paroles
2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:Mon père ne supportait plus Ah tu nous saoules la grosse, qu’est-ce que t’es pipelette.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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