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loque

rag, tattered cloth

noun LOK Rare

Also means

wreck (of a person)

Usage Note

Loque in its plural form loques typically means rags or tattered clothes (vêtements en loques — clothes in tatters). Used of a person, une loque vividly describes someone completely exhausted or broken down. The word has a mildly pejorative register.

Examples

"Ses vêtements tombaient en loques."

Natural Translation

His clothes were falling to rags.

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