How is the word de pacotille translated from French to English

English translation
junky
adjective

Bon marché, sans valeur ou de mauvaise qualité.

Cheap, worthless or of poor quality.

Examples with “de pacotille”

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  • Le garage est plein de meubles de pacotille. — The garage is full of junky furniture.

  • Il avait l'air d'un camé dans la rue. — He looked like a junky on the street.

  • Pourquoi as-tu acheté un téléphone de pacotille ? — Why did you buy such a junky phone?

  • Elle a passé des années à travailler avec des camés au foyer. — She spent years working with junkies at the shelter.

  • Les outils qu'il m'a prêtés étaient bon marché et de pacotille. — The tools he lent me were cheap and junky.

  • Est-il vraiment un camé, ou seulement très fatigué ? — Is he really a junky, or just very tired?

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