cocotte
noun
a high-class female prostitute in the second half of the 19th century and the very early 20th century; demimondaine.
cocottes
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pluralof cocotte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A set of mini cocottes had been decorated to resemble the lovable droid characters C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
I took a screenshot of the cocottes and uploaded it to the site.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
When they got hungry, they ate poached eggs and asparagus tips out of little Staub cast-iron cocottes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
“Along with roulette and cocottes, founding a publishing house has always been one of the most effective ways for a young man of noble birth to fritter away a fortune,” he begins.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2015
Not the France of popular fancy with cocottes and cancan dancing and much foolish abandon, but the France of the Cercle and the Casino, sober-minded devotees of roulette and connoisseurs of sound liquor.
From Command by William McFee
