clochard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clochard
First recorded in 1940–45; from French, derivative of clocher “to limp,” from Latin clopus “lame”
Example Sentences
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It has a great performance from Michel Simon as the eponymous noisome clochard rescued from a suicide attempt in the Seine by a kindly Parisian bookseller.
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2010
As if ready to abandon his Gallic faith in wine, one slightly awed clochard said, "And to think that water can do all this!"
From Time Magazine Archive
In a dingy corner behind the Hotel de Ville, where they sleep huddled together with a flea-ridden dog, a clochard and his wife were equally insulted by the notion that they are redeemable.
From Time Magazine Archive
King Edward the Third built in the little sanctuarie a clochard of stone and timber, and placed therein three bells, for the vse of Saint Stephen's Chappel.
From Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
"My clochard, sirs, is warm," quavered the Clerk.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
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