See au poil on Wiktionary
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"word": "loupai"
},
{
"word": "Loupia"
},
{
"word": "Ouliap"
},
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"Composé de au et de poil.",
"Cette expression n’est pas datée avec précision. Cependant, on peut supposer qu’elle dérive de : avoir le poil à quelqu’un, qui signifiait autrefois \"surpasser quelqu’un\". Ce serait de celle-ci que \"au poil\" aurait pris le sens de \"à la perfection\"."
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"text": "J’suis au poil, mec !"
},
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"text": "20 août 1941 – « Alors, les houris, bien dormi ? Quelle journée au poil, hein ? »"
},
{
"ref": "Henri Troyat, Les Eygletière. III. La Malandre, Flammarion, 1967, page 65",
"text": "– Tu l’as sûrement vue dans le quartier. Elle a la cote. Je suis au poil avec elle."
}
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{
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