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les jetons
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “les jetons” mean?
money (lit. "tokens")
Example
“Je n’ai pas de jetons ce mois-ci.”
I've got no money this month.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: l’argent
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- faroterto show off (with money)
- tapeurmoocher, always borrowing money
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- un bâtona million CFA francs
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- le petita bribe, a little something
- cotiserto chip in, to pool money
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