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Definition of Coquettes
1. coquette [v] - See also: coquette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coquettes
Literary usage of Coquettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies by James Boswell (1799)
"With his own form acquaint the forward fool, Shewn in the faithful glass of
ridicule ; Teach mimick censure her own faults to find, } No more let coquettes ..."
2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Both the Strange Gentleman, acted in September, and the Village coquettes, produced
in December, 1836, had a good success ; and the last is memorable to me ..."
3. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"131 coquettes. The light C. in Sylphs aloft repair KL i. 65 instruct the eyes of
young C. lo roll KL i. S3 Coral. The c. redden, and the ruby R!ÛW IV. ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"As ape occasionally meant a fool, it probably meant that those coquettes who i„.
fools of men, ... coquettes ..."
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