Front | louche \LOOSH\ |
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Back | adjective Of questionable character; dubious; disreputable. [From French louche (cross-eyed), from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus (one-eyed).] "They wanted her to be a dancer, but the teenage Bardot fell in with the louche and devious film-maker Roger Vadim, and became the notorious Girl In A Bikini instead." - Adam Sweeting; Zouzou Exposed; The Guardian (UK); Nov 7, 1998. |
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