sucking/parping sound, pâtisseries, erections

sucking/parping sound, pâtisseries, erections

Mr. Robb’s prose is fleet and ingenious. He describes the “sucking sound” of modern French police sirens, the “snickering” of certain neon signs, the melodious “parping of automobiles.” His good humor is infectious. When young men were finally allowed to visit young women in Parisian college dormitories in the 1960s, he writes that they brought “wine, cigarettes, Tunisian pâtisseries, hot dogs and erections.” Describing the soulless towers in immigrant suburban Paris, he notes dryly: “The planes coming in to land at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle always missed them, but the towers were falling apart anyway.”



erection

[名]

1 [U]（体の）直立, 起立；建立, 建設；（機械の）組み立て；（記録の）樹立；（制度などの）創設

the erection of a monument
記念碑の建立.

2 ((形式))建造物（建物・柱・塔・像など）.

3 [U][C]（器官, 特に性器の）勃起(ぼっき)

get ［have］ an erection
勃起する.
hard-on

n. Vulgar Slang
An erection of the penis.

• [pətísəri]
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[名]（複 〜s）フランス製のパン・ケーキ（の販売店）.

A pâtisserie is the type of French bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In France, it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed maître pâtissier (master pastry chef).

In France, the pâtissier is a pastry chef who has completed a lengthy training process, typically an apprenticeship, and passed a written examination.^[1] Often found in partnership with a boulangerie, pâtisseries are a common sight in towns and villages in France.