gargotier

French

Etymology

gargote +‎ -ier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje/
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Noun

gargotier m (plural gargotiers, feminine gargotière)

  1. innkeeper
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères; republished as Eleanor Marx, transl., Madame Bovary, 1886:
      Ce n'était pas la peine, alors, d'aller chercher un gargotier à Neufchâtel! Et pour qui? pour des vachers! des va-nu-pieds!…
      Then it wasn’t worth while sending to Neufchâtel for the keeper of a cookshop! And for whom ? For cowherds! tatterdemalions!
  2. (derogatory) a bad cook

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