"front bas" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \fʁɔ̃ ba\
  1. S’applique à une personne intellectuellement limitée. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-front_bas-fr-noun-nQLGwRdA Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de front et de bas."
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          "ref": "Marcel Aymé, Le Confort intellectuel, Flammarion, 1949, page 79",
          "text": "Quant aux ligues patriotiques et soi-disant fascistes, la bourgeoisie n’est pas en cause. Y adhéraient, bien sûr, quelques fils de famille aux fronts bas, pauvres têtes dures qu’une sensibilité élémentaire avait tenues à l’abri de la poésie."
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