"gapian" meaning in Français

See gapian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ɡa.pjɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-gapian.wav Forms: gapians [plural]
  1. ou Agent du service de l'octroi ou des douanes. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: fr-gapian-fr-noun-FuJ-MO1X Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes argotiques en français, Termes vieillis en français
  2. Personne peu scrupuleuse, voleur, filou. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-gapian-fr-noun-Ua~Ph0U3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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