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cherchez la femme

[sher-shey la-fam]

French.
  1. look for the woman: advice offered facetiously in any situation, especially one of doubt or mystery.



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They had a dance hit, Cherchez La Femme.

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Sharon White, the resident D.J. at Sahara, New York’s first upfront lesbian discothèque, especially appreciated the double-entendre potential of “Cherchez la Femme.”

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Thus begins the old cherchez la femme.

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In 2016, an Australian group called Cherchez la Femme attempted to advertise an event focusing on body positivity and feminism.

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“There hasn’t been any exhibition of this size or scale before,” Ms. Lewis said, noting that “Cherchez la Femme” by the Jewish Museum in Berlin focused on headcoverings; another precedent was “Faith Fashion Fusion: Muslim Women’s Style in Australia.”

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