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un jeton

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Definition: token; (in a game) - counter, chip

Avez-vous un jeton pour le téléphone ? - Do you have a token for the telephone?

Expression: toucher ses jetons - to draw one's fees

(familiar) - bang, dent

Sa voiture est pleine de jetons - His car is all beat up

Expressions: être faux comme un jeton - to be phony; un faux jeton - a phony; avoir les jetons - to have the jitters

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