• @pseudo@jlai.lu
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    81 month ago

    Did the concept of “arracheur de dent” didn’t exist in North America?

      • @pseudo@jlai.lu
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        21 month ago

        It is suppose to be a guy coming to local market to put out the teeth of however cannot pay for dentist. It would usually come with a band to hide the cry of the “patient” and would commonly lie by telling to be able to do it painlessly. Exactly like the qikipedia describe it.

    • @nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      51 month ago

      A concept doesn’t become acceptable just because the French have a term for it. Usually that’s a red flag.

      • @pseudo@jlai.lu
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        21 month ago

        It was still pretty common at that time in France. It’s not fine to pretend to be painless however it was a commun line in the trade. It has give us the saying “mentir comme (lying like) un arracheur de dent”.