TURPIN - he was a right bastard

The Dark and Dirty Deeds of Dick

Thursday, May 4

Them's fightin' words

turpin n.m. (1204, R. de Moil; orig. obsc.) Sorte de soldat: Cloistriers ont lor robe escourtee; Escuiier sanlent et turpin (R. de Moil.).

LAROUSSE DICTIONNAIRE de l'ancien français
(ed. A.J. Greimas, 1995)

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