verb
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to behave flirtatiously
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to dally or trifle
Etymology
Origin of coquet
1685–95; < French; literally, cockerel, equivalent to coq cock + -et -et
Example Sentences
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"The immune systems of wildling mice better represent the human immune system and so we hope that they can bring us closer to the truth of how microbes act upon the body," says Jonathan Coquet.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
A webcam has been installed in the nest of the couple on Coquet Island, off the Northumberland coast.
From BBC • May 8, 2022
“There has to be an end to this fraud,” Pascal Coquet, president of the National Scallop Fishermen’s Committee said.
From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2021
In Friday's Oaks the value may lie with the progressive Coquet, a 25-1 shot despite having won her trial at Goodwood last week when in need of the outing.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2012
Fie upon't! a young man, and tired! up, for shame, and walk about!—Action becomes us—a little faster, sir—What d'ye think now of my Lady La Pale, and Lady Coquet, the duke's fair daughter?
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
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