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taillable_et_corvéable_à_merci

taillable et corvéable à merci

French

Alternative forms

  • corvéable à merci
  • taillable et corvéable

Adjective

taillable et corvéable à merci m, f ‎(plural taillables et corvéables à merci)

  1. (idiomatic) heavily taxed; enslaved to do onerous work;
  2. (figuratively, humorous) exploitable endlessly; at the beck and call of; at one's bidding

Usage notes

Often preceded by être in a sentence.

Etymology

Literally to “to be liable to tax and to forced labour at will”. During the Ancien Régime, anyone who is not a clergy or aristocrat – namely, the commoners – had to pay taille (land tax) or do corvée (forced labour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.jabl‿e kɔʁ.ve.abl a mɛʁ.si/

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