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frotteur

[fraw-tur] /frɔˈtɜr/

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noun

1.

a person who practices frottage.

Origin of frotteur

French

From French; See origin at frottage, -eur

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The floor was painted, and knew nothing of the polish given by the frotteur's brush.

Z. Marcas Honore de Balzac
The steel wire your frotteur uses to polish floors quadrupled in price.

Paris Vistas Helen Davenport Gibbons

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