plumitif

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

plumitif m (plural plumitifs)

(law) docket
(derogatory) penpusher, scribbler
- 1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:
  —Est-ce que, par hasard, vous oseriez me comparer aux plumitifs que vous interrogez d’habitude ?
  “Might you by any chance be comparing me to those scribblers you normally interview?”

Further reading

“plumitif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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