souffre-douleur
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of souffrir + douleur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]souffre-douleur m (plural souffre-douleur or souffre-douleurs)
- punchbag, punching bag (person or animal used by someone to let out their anger)
- Synonym: tête de Turc
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “souffre-douleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.