boui-boui

See also: bouiboui

French

Alternative forms

• bouiboui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwi.bwi/

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Noun

boui-boui m (plural bouis-bouis)

1. low quality drinking establishment or café; greasy spoon
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Sur la devanture des bouis-bouis étaient accrochés toutes sortes d’écriteaux fantasques

     On the fronts of the caffs were slapped all kinds of fanciful signs.

Further reading

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