Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman prostitute.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  • noun a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, chicken, prostitute, feminine diminutive of coq, cock, from Old French; see cock.]

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Examples

  • But what I could not have told you three days ago was that a cocotte is a hooker like a cocotte is a cooker.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • While "cooker" may not be a direct translation for "hooker" in French, you could say that a cocotte is a hooker is a cocotte is a cooker!

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • But what I could not have told you three days ago was that a cocotte is a hooker like a cocotte is a cooker.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • While "cooker" may not be a direct translation for "hooker" in French, you could say that a cocotte is a hooker is a cocotte is a cooker!

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • While "cooker" may not be a direct translation for "hooker" in French, you could say that a cocotte is a hooker is a cocotte is a cooker!

    cocotte - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • But what I could not have told you three days ago was that a cocotte is a hooker like a cocotte is a cooker.

    cocotte - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • While "cooker" may not be a direct translation for "hooker" in French, you could say that a cocotte is a hooker is a cocotte is a cooker!

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • While "cooker" may not be a direct translation for "hooker" in French, you could say that a cocotte is a hooker is a cocotte is a cooker!

    cocotte - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • But what I could not have told you three days ago was that a cocotte is a hooker like a cocotte is a cooker.

    cocotte - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • But what I could not have told you three days ago was that a cocotte is a hooker like a cocotte is a cooker.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

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