cocotte
1a high-class female prostitute in the second half of the 19th century and the very early 20th century; demimondaine.
Origin of cocotte
1Other definitions for cocotte (2 of 2)
a round or oval casserole, usually of earthenware or fireproof porcelain, used especially for cooking an individual portion of meat, fowl, or game.
Origin of cocotte
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How to use cocotte in a sentence
The very cocottes are surprised at the reverential trepidation with which our young barbarians enter their shameful drawing-rooms.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan SergeevichOn the other hand no beggars and no cocottes—none at least that you see.
Lady Barbarina | Henry JamesThe Russian ladies coming out of Berlin were treated no better than a group of cocottes driven from a city might have been.
Ten Years Near the German Frontier | Maurice Francis EganMore than once he had driven them through the town with gypsies and "ladykins" as he called the cocottes.
War and Peace | Leo TolstoyRocdiane, after the coffee, became still more indiscreet, and forgot the society women to celebrate the charms of simple cocottes.
Strong as Death | Guy de Maupassant
British Dictionary definitions for cocotte
/ (kəʊˈkɒt, kə-, French kɔkɔt) /
a small fireproof dish in which individual portions of food are cooked and served
a prostitute or promiscuous woman
Origin of cocotte
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