a French letter

a French letter
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He opened the drawer and I caught a brief glimpse of a dozen little square packets - French letters which he would sell at a profit to the crew when they went on shore to Mère Catherine's or one of the cheaper establishments. (Gr. Greene, ‘The Comedians’, part I, ch. I) — Он выдвинул ящик стола, и передо мной мелькнули так называемые "приветы из Франции" - с десяток квадратных пакетиков, которые команда раскупит у него втридорога, перед тем как сойти на берег и заглянуть к мамаше Катрин и в другие, более дешевые заведения.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • french letter — A French letter is a condom …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • French letter — n BrE old fashioned informal a ↑condom …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • French letter — n. [Brit. Slang] CONDOM …   English World dictionary

  • French letter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms French letter : singular French letter plural French letters British old fashioned a condom …   English dictionary

  • french letter — noun Usage: usually capitalized F slang Britain : condom * * * ˌFrench ˈletter f13 [French letter French letters] noun ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • French letter —    a contraceptive sheath worn by a male    The term may come from their being packed in small envelopes, coupled with the supposed Gallic penchant for frequent copulation.    I think any derivation from letting, or preventing, as in the phrase… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • French letter — /frɛntʃ ˈlɛtə/ (say french letuh) noun Colloquial → condom …  

  • (a) French letter — informal, old fashioned a thin rubber covering that a man can wear on his penis during sex to stop a woman becoming pregnant or to protect him or his partner against infectious diseases. In those days, French letters were the only form of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • French letter — noun Date: circa 1856 chiefly British condom 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • French letter — Older Slang. a condom. [1855 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • french letter — noun A condom …   Wiktionary


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