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chourin

  • \ʃu.ʁɛ̃\

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Du romani ćhuri qui donne aussi surin.

noun chourins

  1. dated, slang Couteau, poignard. En Europe, ce mot ne semble se retrouver d’ailleurs, chose singulière, que dans surin ou chourin, couteau, terme d’argot en France, d’où chouriner, assassiner à coups de couteau, chourineur, assassin (Voy. les Mystères de Paris, de Sue).

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"chourin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/chourin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chourin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/chourin

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"chourin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/chourin.

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@misc{chourin_2026,
  title = {chourin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/chourin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}