tire-au-flanc
French
Etymology
From tirer au flanc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.ʁo.flɑ̃/
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Noun
tire-au-flanc m (plural tire-au-flanc)
- (informal) a shirker, a skiver, a slacker
- Synonym: fainéant
Further reading
- “tire-au-flanc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.