Noun: gibier de potence
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | gibier de potence |
| Plural m | gibiers de potence |
Sample Sentences
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Pourrais-je aimer un lâche, un homme sans foi, sans honneur, un gibier de potence ? (Could I love a coward, a man without faith, without honor, a gallows bird?) [1855, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:]
Etymology
Literally, “gallows game”, similar construction to English gallows bird and German Galgenvogel. See: English Nouns '
gallows bird', German Nouns '
Galgenvogel'.
Verbs referencing "gibier de potence"
German Nouns
Galgenvogel.
Translations