larbin

French

Etymology

Perhaps from an alteration of habin (“dog”), with agglutination of definite article.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laʁbɛ̃/
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Noun

larbin m (plural larbins)

(derogatory) servant, boy
dogsbody, flunkey

Further reading

“larbin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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