Provençal proverb

A uno bravo cagno.

Miscellaneous

Maritime Provençal

A uno bravo cagno.

Meaning

He has a fine cool nerve.

Note : Cagno is a word that often gives rise to a Provençalism when one says: fai la cagne.

Theme

Miscellaneous

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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