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clochards

clochards is the plural of clochard.

Meaning of clochard

Noun

clochard (plural clochards)

  1. A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
    • He nearly fell over the Pont Neuf, enjoyed the conversation and esteem of several hairy clochards, and was finally knocked down by a taxi in the Place Vendôme […]1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 492

Questions about clochards

What is clochards the plural of?
Clochards is the plural of clochard.

Words near clochards in the dictionary

  1. CLOBs
  2. clobutinol
  3. clobuzarit
  4. clocapramine
  5. clochard
  6. clochards
  7. cloche
  8. cloches
  9. clochán
  10. clocháns
  11. clociguanil

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