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French letter

noun

Etymology

From French + letter. Compare earlier French pox, French-sick (“syphilis”), or later French safe, French tickler (“condom”), or French kiss. Attested from the 19th century.

  1. derived from littera
  2. derived from letre
  3. inherited from letter
  4. compounded as french letter — “French + letter”

Definitions

  1. A condom.

    • ‘So you’re fifteen – and you know the function of a “French letter”? You are familiar with its use?’ ‘I know what it’s for, sir, yes.’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for French letter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA