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un bâton
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “un bâton” mean?
a million CFA francs
Example
“La voiture coûte cinq bâtons.”
The car costs five million francs.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: un million de francs
More from West Africa
- brouteurinternet scammer
- faroterto show off (with money)
- tapeurmoocher, always borrowing money
- les jetonsmoney (lit. "tokens")
- le warimoney (West Africa)
- le gomboa side hustle, extra money
- le petita bribe, a little something
- cotiserto chip in, to pool money
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