assommoir

French edit

Etymology edit

From assommer +‎ -oir.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a.sɔ.mwaʁ/
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Noun edit

assommoir m (plural assommoirs)

cosh or similar weapon
boozer (low-class drinking establishment)
(historical, military, architecture) murder hole

Further reading edit

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

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