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croque-mitaine
croque-mitaine
See also: croquemitaine
French
Noun
croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)
- bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowing from French croque-mitaine.
Noun
croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)