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Tartarin de Tarascon

Note 15 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE

Reading edition · Edition 2

57 18 Parlez-moi des: 'just trust'--lever ... la caille. 'start the game.' The usual expression is lever le lièvre 'to start the hare,' 'to uncover something hidden.' A loose woman is sometimes called caille ('quail'), caille coiffée, hence the substitution of caille for lièvre.

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