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Coche, cochonnet, jack, bouchon, pig, le but?
I have been calling the bouchon the coach or cochonnet for decades. This weekend a friend in La Ciotat informed me that coche s an old French word for stagecoach! It's unlikely that we would throw a stagecoach 10 meters! Cochonnet is a Parisien term that the players in the South detest. Apparently the official term is Le But, the little ball and most players use Bouchon. What faux pas have you discovered in this game?
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One story on how the cochonnet got its name https://www.theguardian.com/GWeekly/Letter_From/0,,307071,00.htm In NZ, jack (probably from lawn bowls) or coche are the usual terms.
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