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guignoleux [< Cdn F < Guignolée, q.v.] 
n. pl. groups of young men taking part in a Guignolée.
See also: Guignolée
- 1955 So it was in many a town and village on the St. Lawrence when the "guignoleux" used to set out on New Year's Eve . . . [and] with long sticks would knock on each door, keeping time by their knocking to the rhythm of their song.
- 1955 So it was in many a town and village on the St. Lawrence when the "guignoleux" used to set out on New Year's Eve . . . [and] with long sticks would knock on each door, keeping time by their knocking to the rhythm of their song.