essuyer les plâtresverbEtymologyexpandin reference to the plaster of new dwellingsDefinitions1. To inaugurate the use of a building; to be the first user of it.expand2. To suffer the inconveniences of what is new, novel, and poorly finished.by extensionfigurativeexpandTranslationsenglish:teething troublesspanish:pagar el patoitalian:farne le spesedutch:als eerste alle narigheid op zich zien afkomen