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'.