"tête de bûche" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \tɛt də byʃ\ Forms: tête de buche
  1. Personne réfractaire, têtue. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: fr-tête_de_bûche-fr-noun-cxzULnF0 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes populaires en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tête de bois, tête de buis, tête de cochon
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