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单词 clochard
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Definition of clochard in English:

clochard

nounPlural clochards ˈklɔʃɑːklɔʃaʀˈklōSHərd
  • (in France) a beggar; a vagrant.

    clochards drinking in doorways
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For Dolce & Gabbana, a man has to be a bit of a romantic clochard, a refined sort bricklayer of deeply Mediterranean looks, dark and expressive.
    • His characters are often marginal to the point of near nonexistence, Beckett's clochards with backstories, Conrad's adventurers in a shabbier key.
    • The clochards in our neighborhood get to spend the night sheltered under the bushes of the empty lot.
    Synonyms
    tramp, beggarman, beggarwoman, vagrant, vagabond, down-and-out, homeless person, derelict, mendicant

Origin

French, from clocher 'to limp'.

 
 

Definition of clochard in US English:

clochard

nounˈklōSHərd
  • (in France) a beggar; a vagrant.

    clochards drinking in doorways
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The clochards in our neighborhood get to spend the night sheltered under the bushes of the empty lot.
    • For Dolce & Gabbana, a man has to be a bit of a romantic clochard, a refined sort bricklayer of deeply Mediterranean looks, dark and expressive.
    • His characters are often marginal to the point of near nonexistence, Beckett's clochards with backstories, Conrad's adventurers in a shabbier key.
    Synonyms
    tramp, beggarman, beggarwoman, vagrant, vagabond, down-and-out, homeless person, derelict, mendicant

Origin

French, from clocher ‘to limp’.

 
 
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