pur laine

pur laine
 adj.— «It wasn’t easy, because she had chosen television and the CBC’s French network was pur laine (pure wool, as they say in Quebec) meaning old-line (white) Quebecois.» —“Breaking down solitudes in Canada—Haitian-style” by Keeble McFarlane Jamaica Observer (Kingston) Oct. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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