pacotille

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pacotille (“junk”)

Noun

pacotille (plural pacotilles)

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

Anagrams

• Capetillo, pollicate

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French

Etymology

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

Noun

pacotille f (plural pacotilles)

1. junk (cheap, tacky articles)

Further reading

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