bougresse

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French

Etymology

From bougre +‎ -esse (-ess).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ɡʁɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
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Noun

bougresse f (plural bougresses)

  1. (derogatory) trout (woman)
    • 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 163; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN:
      C’était, à dix minutes de chez nous, un hammam tenu par une vieille bougresse fort propre qui fumait à travers son voile des cigarettes à bout doré.
      — Ten minutes away, it was a hammam kept by a very clean old trout who smoked gold-tipped cigarettes through her veil.

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