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French pacotille (junk)

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pacotille (plural pacotilles)

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

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Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Spanish pacotilla, although the relatively recent attestation of the Spanish term makes this problematic.

Noun edit

pacotille f (plural pacotilles)

  1. junk (cheap, tacky articles)

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