...and came across a candidate for French word of the day: "poulbot" which "refers to illustrations representing Parisian street children." There is a restaurant called "Le Poulbot" in Montmartre. The connection with Rin Tin Tin? He and his sister Nanette were rescued from a European battlefield by an American soldier during World War 1 and named after dolls that French children gave to American soldiers as good luck charms. The dolls were created by Francisque Poulbot, an illustrator, who said that in his creations, Rin Tin Tin was the girl. All of this due to Wikipedia, so take it for what it's worth.
Thursday, February 9, 2023
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Thanks for filling in! My dictionary defines the eponym specifically as "Enfant pauvre de Montmartre". I wonder if we'll have occasion to use it. I suppose we can generalize.
Another one which means pretty much the same thing is "gavroche," which, I believe, comes from the name of a character in "Les Misérables." There must have been quite a lot of Parisian street urchins to warrant multiple nouns to refer to them . . .
Yeah, Gavroche is the son of the Thénardiers.
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