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"la dépouille"

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Definition: skin, hide

Il a la dépouille d'un tigre devant la cheminée - He has a tiger skin in front of the fireplace.

(literary) remains

Que faire avec sa dépouille mortelle ? - What should we do with his mortal remains?

les dépouilles

(literary) plunder, spoils

le système des dépouilles - spoils system

Related: dépouillé - (adj) bare, plain, uncluttered; dépouiller - to skim, go through, to skin, strip; le dépouillement - perusal, going through

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