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Turlupin or Tirelupin: A French Brighella created by Henri Legrand.

The name means, according to Duchartre, " unlucky.

" However, the Oxford English Dictionary mentions an etymology relating to a cult that modelled themselves on the Cynics and lived off of lupins that they gathered ( tiraient ).

The character was reputedy fond of vulgar wordplay.