fouille-merde
Definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of FOUILLE-MERDE subst. masc.
en Latin Scarabeus, Escarbot. Insecte qui vit de fiente & d'ordure. On appelle figurément, fouille-merde, Celuy qui escrit ou qui traitte des affaires sales & deshonnestes.
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