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French
Etymology
From souiller + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
souillon m (plural souillons)
- slob, slovenly person, dirty person
- (figurative, dated) woman of ill repute, prostitute
- a person who makes something dirty
- a domestic servant who does jobs in which one becomes dirty
1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 8, in Les Misérables, Tome II : Cosette, book 3:Ce particulier si pauvrement vêtu, qui tirait de sa poche les roues de derrière avec tant d’aisance et qui prodiguait des poupées gigantesques à de petites souillons en sabots, était certainement un bonhomme magnifique et redoutable.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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