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unusual facts about Petit Robert


Bouchon

According to the dictionary Le petit Robert, this name derives from the 16th century expression for a bunch of twisted straw.



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Josette Rey-Debove

She contributed to dictionaries for Le Robert, collaborating on the Petit Robert for the French language, at Robert des Enfants (the company's division for publishing the Children's Robert dictionaries), then to Dictionnaire du français (foreign language edition) and to Robert Méthodique-Brio.