jackal
/ˈd͡ʒækəl/ nom B2En français : chacal
- Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
- A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.
- A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially, a base collaborator.
- A player who steals the ball at the tackle.
Pluriel jackals
Dans la bibliothèque
Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the shark, the jackal with the lion—anything that is insignificant in companionship with what is formidable: not only formidable, Watson, but sinister—in the highest degree sinister.
It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps.
Who are we, the Gidur-log [the jackal people], to pick and choose?” He scuttled to the back of the cave, where he found the bone of a buck with some meat on it, and sat cracking the end merrily.
“Are we all jackals, to fawn on this cattle butcher?
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