"vaque-à-tout" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \va.ka.tu\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-vaque-à-tout.wav Forms: vaques-à-tout [plural]
  1. Jeune domestique chargé des travaux subalternes. Tags: dated
    Sense id: fr-vaque-à-tout-fr-noun-Srbu7yrL Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes vieillis en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: varleton

Inflected forms

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