Poule
//puːl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Alternative form of pool. alt-of, alternative
- 3 Obsolete form of pool (in various senses). alt-of, obsolete
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.
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