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poule en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /puːl/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.

Meanings

1. A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
   • ‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’ 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 369:
   • It was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on the terrace of the Napolitain after Robert had gone, watching […] the poules going by, singly and in pairs, looking for the evening meal. 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 40:

Forms

poule en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /puːl/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pool.
   alt of pool
2. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of pool (in various senses).
   alt of pool

Forms