bouche-trou

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʃ.tʁu/
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Noun

bouche-trou m (plural bouche-trous)

  1. (informal, offensive) a second fiddle, a stopgap, a stand-in, a fill-in, a makeweight; a rebound (a person whose sole purpose is to fill a void left by another person)

See also

  • plan de secours

Further reading