boui-boui

See also: bouiboui

French

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwi.bwi/
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Noun

boui-boui m (plural bouis-bouis)

  1. low quality drinking establishment or café; greasy spoon
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Sur la devanture des bouis-bouis étaient accrochés toutes sortes d'écriteaux fantasques
      On the fronts of the caffs were slapped all kinds of fanciful signs.

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