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riquiqui

/ʁi.ki.ki/

adjective/ʁi.ki.ki/

tiny, narrow, cramped

“Je suis comme le vieux Blanqui / Je dis aussi, « ni Dieu ni maître » / Ni maitresse… c’est riquiqui.”

Synonyms: mesquin, étriqué, minuscule

Onomatopoeic reduplication, compare ric-rac (“just about”).

noun, masculine/ʁi.ki.ki/

riquiqui is masculine in French.

cheap, inferior brandy

“L’hôtesse, un coup d’ riquiqui ! / Ça rend les marins poilus / D’boire à la santé d’ceux qui / N’boit plus.” — Landlady, a glass of brandy! / It puts hair on sailors' chests / To drink to the health of those who / Can't drink any more.

Onomatopoeic reduplication, compare ric-rac (“just about”).