écore

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French escore, from Middle Dutch schore (shore).

Noun

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écore f (plural écores)

  1. (Louisiana) bank, shore, escarpment, bluff
    • 1988, “J'ai marié un ouvrier”, in Allons à Lafayette, performed by BeauSoleil:
      O viens-t’en donc, c’est avec moi / Dessus l’écore du Tennessee.
      Oh, come away with me / On the banks of the Tennessee.
  2. Alternative form of accore

References

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  • Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Further reading

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