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mauvais quart d'heure

/ movɛ kar dœr /

noun

  1. a brief unpleasant experience
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mauvais quart d'heure1

literally: (a) bad quarter of an hour

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