man-rope

Mis à jour: 13 mai 2025

38 31 tron de ler: more properly tron de l'er, a Provençal oath = tonnerre de l'air, 'thunder of the air! A Provençal newspaper with the name Lou Tron de l'Er appeared in Marseilles in 1877-1878. 38 32 longtemps: cf. note to 40 17. en: anticipates des pirates; cf. note to 32 5. 39 4 un brave garçon: cf. note to 3 12. 39 8 tire-vieille: 'man-rope, one of the side ropes on the gangway of a ship.

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon