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单词 tricoteuse
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Definition of tricoteuse in English:

tricoteuse

noun ˌtrɪkəˈtəːztʀikɔtøzˌtrēkôˈtəz
  • One of a number of women who sat and knitted while attending public executions during the French Revolution.

    as gleefully as the most ragged and revolutionary tricoteuse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She also has the musky and morbid sense of someone who is her own tricoteuse, knitting her own legend.
    • As every poll comes out, yours truly cheers the passage of the tumbrel bearing the Howard Government to the guillotine as gleefully as the most ragged and revolutionary tricoteuse.
    • In effect, they are the bulwarks of the tricoteuses.
    • As the national team goes through the doldrums yet again the critics and the tricoteuses are lining up.
    • Very soon after the indictment of Mr. Libby, the tricoteuses glumly conceded that no conspiracy has been uncovered.

Origin

French, from tricoter 'to knit'.

 
 

Definition of tricoteuse in US English:

tricoteuse

nounˌtrēkôˈtəz
  • A woman who sits and knits (used especially in reference to a number of women who did this, during the French Revolution, while attending public executions)

    as gleefully as the most ragged and revolutionary tricoteuse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In effect, they are the bulwarks of the tricoteuses.
    • As the national team goes through the doldrums yet again the critics and the tricoteuses are lining up.
    • She also has the musky and morbid sense of someone who is her own tricoteuse, knitting her own legend.
    • Very soon after the indictment of Mr. Libby, the tricoteuses glumly conceded that no conspiracy has been uncovered.
    • As every poll comes out, yours truly cheers the passage of the tumbrel bearing the Howard Government to the guillotine as gleefully as the most ragged and revolutionary tricoteuse.

Origin

French, from tricoter ‘to knit’.

 
 
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