fille de joie en · NOUN
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fille de joie. Compare joie de vivre.
Meanings
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A female prostitute; a courtesan.
[A]fter he had spent some months, and a round sum of money, in fruitless attendance and addresses, he fairly quitted the pursuit, and consoled himself with the conversation of a merry Fille de joye, whose good graces he acquired by an allowance of twenty Louis per month […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:He announced that anyone who volunteered as a fille de joie would be given her own room, clean clothes, sufficient food and cigarettes, and the opportunity to bathe every day.
2005, Hermann Langbein, People in Auschwitz:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| filles de joie | Number=Plur | lexicographic |