Clou

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ une brocante (f) = flea market; un clou (m) = nail; une clef (f) = key; quatorzième = fourteenth ❋ Unknown (2008)

The clou sounds all high tech and utopian but it is so corporate it makes me want to puke. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some people have no clou what my website is all about ... ❋ Anne-Marie (2008)

Heureusement qu'il faisait chaud j'avais juste mon super pantalon Bodyline, de vieille mitaine a clou de cosplay de je sais pas quoi, mes super chausstettes a rayures et un vieux TShirt gris Dark Dude!! ❋ Pinku-tk (2009)

The name comes from the French “clou” meaning nail. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Expressions: maigre comme un clou = "thin as a nail" (thin as a rail) c'est un peu maigre = it's insufficient faire maigre = to abstain from meat and fatty foods ❋ Unknown (2006)

Too much money to spend but no clou about marketing. ❋ Michael Arrington (2005)

Quand il est bien écumé, vous le salez légérement, et y mettez les racines convenables, comme navets, carottes, panais, oignons, cellery et poireaux, avec un clou de gerofle et une racine de persil. ❋ Wheaton Barbara Ketcham (1983)

"Everyone is saying that the Princess -- your sister -- is the _clou_ of the ball.", ❋ Pemberton Ginther (N/A)

The account of a dinner at the "White Horse" is perhaps the _clou_ of an exceptionally exhilarating entertainment. ❋ Various (N/A)

At the great hunting exposition recently held at Vienna the _clou_ of the display was a French royal hunting-lodge in the style of Louis XVI, hung with veritable Gobelin tapestries, loaned by the French government and picturing "The Hunt in France." ❋ Blanche McManus (N/A)

It would certainly be the _clou_ of any exhibition in which it might be placed. ❋ Various (N/A)

I have hinted already at the comparative dulness of the long introduction to what is the _clou_ of the play -- the film and its reconstructed scenes. ❋ Various (N/A)

"Weenis Clous [Problems]!" ❋ FistpumpPushupChapstick (2011)

we know the video was a [hoax], now let's [slow it down] and play it in [reverse] to find the clous... ❋ Clv155 (2013)