tire-au-flanc

French

Etymology

From tirer au flanc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁo.flɑ̃/

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Noun

tire-au-flanc m (plural tire-au-flanc)

1. (informal) a shirker, a skiver, a slacker

   Synonym: fainéant

Further reading

• “tire-au-flanc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.