condom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of condom
First recorded in 1700–10; of obscure origin, but popularly supposed to have been named after an 18th-century English physician, who allegedly devised it
Example Sentences
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When it comes to the virus, Dubrac said, “In Condom, we are a village that is very well protected.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020
Dahrouch was only 15 when he started working at La Table des Cordeliers, Palladin’s restaurant in his hometown of Condom, where Palladin became the youngest chef in France to earn two Michelin stars.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2019
Nearby sat the Spray-on Condom, which died because the latex took three minutes to dry, and Fat-Free Pringles, whose secret ingredient Olestra produced mortifying bowel disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2018
Scherwitzl says Natural Cycles followed the same approval path as the Durex Condom.
From The Verge • Aug. 15, 2017
The Abbé Bossuet was already Bishop-elect of Condom, but when he stood in the pulpit of Chaillot he still wore the dress of a simple priest.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
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