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Definition of Cotquean
1. n. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
Definition of Cotquean
1. Noun. (alternative form of cot-quean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cotquean
1. a vulgar woman [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotquean
Literary usage of Cotquean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary: Of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1834)
"cotquean, a man who busies himself in such of the household affairs as are
appropriated to females. Dr. Johnson is clearly wrong in deducing the word from ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"A meddling person ; a cotquean. West. ... A cotquean ; a feckless female. North.
UEO, pron. (A.-S.) (1) She. (2) A furrow. (2) They. ..."
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