moulon
Antillean Creole
editEtymology
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editmoulon
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Occitan molon. related to meulon (“haystack”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmoulon m (plural moulons)
- a stack shaped like a haystack
- Bail Gautier, 6 mars 1660
- En cas de… pénurie de sel vieil en nos salins, nous permettons audit fermier de débiter le sel nouveau six semaines après qu’il sera levé et mis en moulon et canelles.
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- Bail Gautier, 6 mars 1660
- (colloquial, Meridional) a large quantity of something
References
edit- “moulon” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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