poivrot

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pwa.vʁo/

Noun

poivrot m (plural poivrots, feminine poivrote)

drunkard
- 1980, “Jojo le Projo”, in Assez !, performed by Claude Nougaro:
  Jojo, c’était comme un frère/Avant qu’il soit alcoolo/Avant qu’il devienne poivrot
  Jojo, he was like a brother/Before he was an alcoholic/Before he became a drunkard

Further reading

“poivrot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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