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English
Etymology
cot + quean; see cot (“cottage”).
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cot-quean (plural cot-queans)
- (obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man.
1716 April 30, Joseph Addison, No. 38, The Freeholder, quoted in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, published 1804, page 378, volume 4:A stateswoman is as ridiculous a creature as a cot-quean. Each of the sexes should keep within its particular bounds, and content themselves to excel within their respective districts.
- (obsolete, derogatory) A female cuckold; a cuckquean.
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster, act 4, scene 4:What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? Will she paint it so horribly? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures, and we will cudgel thee to death if thou find fault with us.
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