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Cocottes (or coquettes) were high class prostitutes (courtesans) in France during the Second Empire and the Belle Époque. [1] They were also known as demimondaines and grandes horizontales. [2] Cocotte was originally a term of endearment for small children, but was used as a term for elegant prostitutes from the 1860s. [3]
This article is about the phrase. For the film, see Terms of Endearment. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation). A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their children and lovers ...
In the 16th and 17th centuries, "my prick" was used as a term of endearment by "immodest maids" for their boyfriends. [6] The word is listed in Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue as "prick: the virile member" in 1788. [9] A popular saying during the 18th century was: "May your prick and your purse never fail you." [10]
Band member "Kot" says that she knows how the word is used in English, and that it is also used in Russian as term of endearment for little girls. These various meanings create a tension with the word "riot", which the group likes. [36] An 18th century painting by François Boucher depicting a woman with a cat between her legs
Nickname. A nickname or nick, [1] also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing. It is commonly used to express affection, amusement, a character trait or defamation of character. It is distinct from a pseudonym, stage name or title, although the concepts can overlap.
The term of endearment socio is from the Canary Islands. An example of Canarian usage for a Spanish word is the verb fajarse (to fight). In standard Spanish the verb would be pelearse, while fajar exists as a non-reflexive verb related to the hemming of a skirt. The Cuban dialect of Spanish shows a substantial influence of the Spanish spoken in ...
blue-gown – a beggar, a bedesman of the Scottish king, who wore a blue gown, the gift of the king, and had his license to beg. bonnet-piece – a gold coin of James V of Scotland, so called from the king being represented on it as wearing a bonnet instead of a crown. Brown, Jones, and Robinson – three middle-class Englishmen on their ...
A term of endearment used in the English Midlands and Yorkshire. [115 ... To hit, punch or beat soundly. From a 19th-century variant of baste, meaning to beat ...