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clochard

[ kloh-sherd ]

noun

  1. a beggar; vagrant; tramp.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clochard1

First recorded in 1940–45; from French, derivative of clocher “to limp,†from Latin clopus “l²¹³¾±ðâ€
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A leopard fedora can be paired with a long chain, to wear over the shoulder when going in and out of shops, while a clochard has an optional leather corset.

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The character, played by Michel Simon, is an archetypal French clochard, a kind of Gallic version of Chaplin’s Little Tramp, who, mourning his lost dog, tries to off himself by jumping in the Seine.

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A familiar clochard, or bum, stopped by to chat.

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In 2000 he dressed his models like tramps—le look clochard—with newsprint dresses and dangling pots and pans.

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It has a great performance from Michel Simon as the eponymous noisome clochard rescued from a suicide attempt in the Seine by a kindly Parisian bookseller.

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