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    Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey

    Derogatory name for the French used in Britain, based on their surrendering to the Germans in World War 2 and their predilection for lactose comestibles.

    Example usage:

    “Those cheese eating surrender monkeys are getting up my nose, insisting on adding a French version of every clause in the contract before they will agree to sign it!”.

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