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Poule

//puːl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.

    "It was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on the terrace of the Napolitain after Robert had gone, watching […] the poules going by, singly and in pairs, looking for the evening meal."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of pool. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Obsolete form of pool (in various senses). alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.

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