Etymology

pacotille

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Today it means: Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves. Full definition →

French pacotille
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  1. French · derived frompacotille“junk”
  2. English todaypacotille

French pacotille (“junk”)

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