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gingette en · NOUN

Etymology

From ging(er) (“red-haired person”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents). Compare ging and -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”).

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, often) A female with reddish-brown hair.
    • An Israeli sabre meets an Irish colleen redhead; 'Gingette' sparks do fly, resulting in a marriage made in heaven for Victor and Adrienne Elalouf. 2010, Brief Encounters, page 339:

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Hypernyms

copperhead · redpoll · Pippi Longstocking · carrots · redhead · gingernut · red-headed stepchild · ginger minger · ging · bloodnut · ginger knob · redette · ginge · strawberry blonde · firebox · ranga · Bluey · carrot top · coppertop · ginger head · ginger · Red · fire-crotch

Relateds

gingerette · guinguette

Synonyms

redette