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Record 1 1986-08-21

English

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French

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  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Plaisanterie qu'on fait entre soi mais que les tiers ne peuvent comprendre sans avoir été mis dans le coup.

OBS

blague de coulisses : pour les blagues de ce genre faites à l'antenne.

CONT

Elle remarqua qu'on l'écoutait peu, qu'il régnait, entre les neveux et l'oncle, une complicité, des plaisanteries occultes, des mots à double entente, tout un mystère où elle n'entrait pas. Source : F. Mauriac, Le Mystère Frontenac.

Spanish

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