gagne-petit
French edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Occitan paucganha.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
gagne-petit m or f by sense (plural gagne-petit)
- (obsolete) (travelling) grinder, knife-grinder
- low-wage earner
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “gagne-petit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.