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English
Etymology
From French toison.
Noun
toison (plural toisons)
- (heraldry) A fleece.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin tōnsiōnem, from Latin tondeō (“shave, cut hair”).
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Noun
toison f (plural toisons)
- fleece
- mop (of hair); mane
- (slang) muff, pubes (especially of a woman)
1985, José Pierre, Qu'est-ce que Thérèse ?, page 78:Je n’en avais pas moins l’impression bizarre que c’était sa toison intime que Thérèse exhibait aussi ostensiblement aux yeux du promeneur !- Nonetheless, I had a strange feeling that it was her pubic hair Theresa was displaying so publicly to the eyes of the passers-by!
- (slang) the hair of a man's torso
2000, Philippe Delaroche, Caïn et Abel avaient un frère, page 403:Abondante, sa toison pileuse bouffe jusqu’à mi-cou, faisant comme un col roulé.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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