"vieille bête" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \vjɛj bɛt\
  1. Personne âgée et bornée. Tags: pejorative
    Sense id: fr-vieille_bête-fr-noun-xzFB2OER Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes péjoratifs en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vieille noix
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          "ref": "Émile Moselly, Terres lorraines, 1907",
          "text": "— Tais-toi donc, vieille bête. Y a que pour toi à parler !"
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          "ref": "Anatole France, Le Mannequin d’osier, Calmann Lévy, 1897, réédition Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1987, page 882",
          "text": "Il n’est pas jusqu’à l’inaction désastreuse de Fabius qu’ils n’aient glorifiée, à ce point qu’après vingt-deux siècles on admire la sagesse du Cunctator, qui n’était qu’une vieille bête."
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