gargote
French
editEtymology
editFrom gargoter.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgargote f (plural gargotes)
- (derogatory) cheap restaurant, greasy spoon
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
- Le soir, j’attends que tous les clients soient partis, car c’est moi qui ferme la gargote. J’espère toujours que Lucie me retiendra.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “gargote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.