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French
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Noun
plumitif m (plural plumitifs)
- (law) docket
- (derogatory) penpusher, scribbler
1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:—Est-ce que, par hasard, vous oseriez me comparer aux plumitifs que vous interrogez d’habitude ?- “Might you by any chance be comparing me to those scribblers you normally interview?”
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