Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A group of people with some common characteristic, especially a coterie of undesirable people.

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  • noun a coterie of undesirable people

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Examples

  • "Monsieur," replied the little barber, "a plutocrat knows too well that if he mixes in that 'galere' there 's not a dog in the streets more lost than he."

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • "Monsieur," replied the little barber, "a plutocrat knows too well that if he mixes in that 'galere' there 's not a dog in the streets more lost than he."

    The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900

  • What he meant, and what Mademoiselle Valle knew he meant -- also what he knew she knew he meant -- was that a woman, who was a heartless fool, without sympathy or perception, would not have the delicacy to feel that the girl must be shielded, and might actually see a sort of ghastly joke in a story of Mademoiselle Valle's sacrosanct charge simply walking out of her enshrining arms into such a "galere" as the most rackety and adventurous of pupils could scarcely have been led into.

    The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • Meme le veto galere pour l'attraper, il se debat comme un diable.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

  • ** Ma nouvelle patronne m'a changé mes horaires c la galere j'essaie une semaine et apres j'me plaindrai: p

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • Et puis je dois avouer que le voir tenir debout tout seul sans socle c un bonheur ... et vu la carrure et la posture ya du avoir de la galere pour trouver le point d'equilibre!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • Je jubile interieurement car c pas la galere qui s'est fait discrete pour se le procurer celui-ci!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Plus qu'une mission mais alors quelle mission je galere!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Il y avait aussi des questions sur le nombres de conges payés, les heures de travail hebdo obligatoires, la signification de different sigles comme SMIC (la galere pour retrouver "Interprofessionnel"), ASSEDIC, RMI etc ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Et la franchement ce serait vraiment grave grave la galere!!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

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