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poule

American  
[pool] / pul /

noun

  • poules
    plural
  1. a prostitute or promiscuous young woman.


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Harris’ stepdaughter, Emma Emhoff, also schooled some of the older folks in her embellished Shetland Miu Miu coat in a pied de poule pattern and large brown button at the neck.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2021

So successful was the venture that he decided to supplement his entertainment allowance by running a fulltime poule hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mere thought of the coarseness of those men gives me the chair de poule.

From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray

The French call the hobara, a little bustard, poule de Carthage, or Carthage-fowl.

From Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by James Richardson

A scene in the guard-house, a popular uprising, the fish-market, the galleys, the wine-shop, the poule au pot of Henri Quatre, are treasure-trove in her eyes.

From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Charles William Eliot

The French called them "poules d'Indes," or Indian chickens, later shortened to "dinde."

From Salon Nov. 25, 2021

So "poules" or windows cut in the upper leathers of his shoes.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Ogier le poulaillier Ogier the pulter   A des poules asses, Hath polettes ynowhe,   Quils ne sont trop cras Which ben not ouer fatte   Ne trop magre. ne ouer lene.

From Dialogues in French and English by Henry Bradley

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