accouchement
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of accouchement
1800–10; < French, derivative, with -ment -ment, of accoucher to give birth, be delivered, assist in giving birth, Old French: to lie down, take to bed, equivalent to ac- ac- + coucher to put to bed; see couch
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It is events such as the accouchement of Brigitte Bardot or Queen Elizabeth which send our competitors' sales soaring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jargon of self-help abounds in new attitudes toward accouchement.
From Time Magazine Archive
He secured a tractor, arrived at the accouchement with 15 minutes to spare.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1910 he was in Paris assisting, with Picasso and Braque, at the accouchement of cubism.
From Time Magazine Archive
About three weeks after her secret accouchement, Julia became the wife of Frank Sydney.
From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George
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