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Fille de joie

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 […]."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fille de joie.

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