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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Breton plouk, from Breton ploue. First attested in c. 1880s.
Pronunciation
Noun
plouc m or f by sense (plural ploucs)
- (informal, derogatory) hick, country bumpkin, yokel
- Synonym: paysan
- (informal, derogatory, figuratively) rube
1999, Anna Gavalda, “Permission”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:Mon frère, il ne dit jamais un pavillon, il dit une maison. Il trouve que le mot pavillon, ça fait plouc.- My brother never says pavillon , he always says maison . He thinks the word pavillon sounds common.
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