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frotteur

American  
[fraw-tur] / frɔˈtɜr /

noun

  1. a person who practices frottage.


Etymology

Origin of frotteur

From French; see origin at frottage, -eur

Example Sentences

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"Ah," says Caroline, "the thing is managed better in Paris; the frotteur comes in before we are up in the morning, shod with great brushes, and dances over the floors till they shine."

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Bowing, as we passed, he consigned us, with a graceful wave of the hand, to the care of Pierre, the frotteur.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

There is another indispensable servant, who is called a frotteur: his business is to rub the floors.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert