fille de joie
fille de joie noun: a female prostitute; a courtesan.
Noun
fille de joie (plural filles de joie)
- A female prostitute; a courtesan.
- [A]fter he had spent some months, and a round sum of money, in fruitless attendance and addresses, he fairly quitted the pursuit, and consoled himself with the conversation of a merry Fille de joye, whose good graces he acquired by an allowance of twenty Louis per month […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- He announced that anyone who volunteered as a fille de joie would be given her own room, clean clothes, sufficient food and cigarettes, and the opportunity to bathe every day.2005, Hermann Langbein, People in Auschwitz
- Synonyms:
- joy girl
Synonyms of fille de joie
Forms of fille de joie
| plural | filles de joie |
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Origin of fille de joie
Unadapted borrowing from French fille de joie. Compare joie de vivre.
Questions about fille de joie
- What does fille de joie mean?
- Fille de joie means a female prostitute; a courtesan.
- What part of speech is fille de joie?
- Fille de joie is a noun.
- What is the plural of fille de joie?
- The plural of fille de joie is filles de joie.
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