See cassant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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"text": "Politicien surtout à qui ses manières cassantes avaient fait du tort, mais très écouté à la préfecture."
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},
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"ref": "Philippe Morvan, Ours, Calmann-Lévy, 2018",
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