French: ' Folcoche', une contraction de 'Folle' et de 'Cochonne'English translation: Mad sow! 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | ' Folcoche', une contraction de 'Folle' et de 'Cochonne' | | English translation: | Mad sow! | | Entered by: | suezen |
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Art/Literary - Other | | French term or phrase: ' Folcoche', une contraction de 'Folle' et de 'Cochonne' | Appears in a film synopsis. The term 'folcoche' is used by children to refer to their abusive mother.
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| Note from asker to answererThanks! I kept the original French, but I too liked your 'mad sow'
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| Vipère au poing by Hervé Bazin
Explanation:
Do not translate. It is, as you rightly pointed out, the name given by the children to Madame Rézeau, the mother of Jean, the narrator.
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