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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French escore, from Middle Dutch schore (“shore”).
Noun
écore f (plural écores)
- (Louisiana) bank, shore, escarpment, bluff
1988, “J'ai marié un ouvrier”, in Allons à Lafayette, performed by BeauSoleil:O viens-t’en donc, c’est avec moi / Dessus l’écore du Tennessee.- Oh, come away with me / On the banks of the Tennessee.
- Alternative form of accore
References
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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