Belgium

ramassette

Meaning

a dustpan

Elsewhere

pelle à balai

Explanation

The French call it a pelle à balai, a broom shovel. In Belgium and Lorraine you sweep the crumbs into a ramassette.

Example

Attrape la ramassette, j’ai cassé un verre dans la cuisine.

Grab the dustpan, I've broken a glass in the kitchen.

Origin

Built from ramasser, to gather up, plus the -ette ending.

Where

BelgiumLorraine

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