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"un tabac"

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Definition: tobacco; smoke shop (shop that sells tobacco and stamps)

Informal expressions: passer qqun à tabac - to beat someone up; un passage à tabac - beating up; faire un tabac - to be a roaring success; c'est toujours le même tabac - it's always the same old thing; quelque chose du même tabac - something along those lines; un coup de tabac - squall

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