Suivez-moi-jeune-homme
/sɥive mwa ʒœn ɔm/
Swee-vay mo-ah juh-n om
'follow-me-young-lad', is a ribbon or a piece of laces, that dangles from the back of a woman's dress or hat, as if to lure the men into following her. XIXth century.
'All the gazes followed Nana down the street, the red suivez-moi-jeune-homme proudly dangling from her dress.'
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