pacotille

English

Etymology

French pacotille (“junk”)

Noun

pacotille (plural pacotilles)

(Trinidadian) Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

Anagrams

Capetillo, pollicate

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish pacotilla, although the relatively recent attestation of the Spanish term makes this problematic.

Noun

pacotille f (plural pacotilles)

junk (cheap, tacky articles)

Further reading

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

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