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Old 09-05-2008, 12:18 PM
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Un fumier is a dung heap or generically dung. (always amusing as English quite often use it when asking for a light...as-tu un fumier? rather than avez vous de feu) You might also say Terrain tres bien fume(acute on e) meaning land well manured (as opposed to smoked where the word probably derives...fumer to smoke as a dung heap appears to)
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