cotquean

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  1. noun Archaic A coarse or scolding woman.
  2. noun Archaic A man who busies himself with domestic matters traditionally regarded as suitable only for women.

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  1. cot2 + quean.

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  1. A word of popular origin, from cot, of uncertain origin (conjectured by some to stand for cock, equivalent to ‘male’). + quean, a woman. Cf. cotbetty and cuckquean.
 

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