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The next morning, a Saturday, finds Porte Jacquemus at the puces of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, just past the highway overpass that marks the outer edge of Paris.—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024 There’s so much richness here: there’s the spirit of the puces (flea market), the idea of clothes that have lived before.—Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 July 2023 But this week, at least, the most reliable method for inducing puce-faced rage in the Brussels diplomatic corps has been to utter the word Spitzenkandidaten.—The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018 Tired of painting test areas of a wall with endless shades of puce?—Jay Samit, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2017
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, flea, from Old French pulce, from Latin pulic-, pulex — more at psylla
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