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单词 lorette
释义 lorette slang.|lɒˈrɛt|
[Fr.]
A courtesan of a class which at one time had its headquarters in the vicinity of the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris. Hence lorettism |ləˈrɛtɪz(ə)m|, the condition of life of the lorettes of Paris.
1862Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 122/2 No doubt Mr. Coleridge was quite right in saying that Lorettism culminated in Miss Rogers, alias Willoughby.1865Pall Mall G. 9 Sept. 9/2 The brilliant ball given by the aristocracy of the Parisian lorettes—for even lorettism has its aristocracy.
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