A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet.

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Chris Chambers

How do you know a frenchman's been in your yard?

— Stand By Me • 1986

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks how to tell whether a Frenchman has been in a yard. The line provides a question without its answer; it supplies no reliable sign of a visitor’s nationality.

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