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co⋅cotte

1  [koh-kot, kuh-; Fr. kaw-kawt]
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–noun, plural -cottes  [-kots; Fr. -kawt] .
prostitute.
Origin:
1865–70; < F: orig. a child's word for a hen, equiv. to coq cock 1 + -otte fem. suffix
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co⋅cotte

2  [koh-kot, kuh-; Fr. kaw-kawt]
–noun, plural -cottes  [-kots; Fr. -kawt] .
a round or oval casserole, usually of earthenware or fireproof porcelain, used especially for cooking an individual portion of meat, fowl, or game.
Origin:
1865–70; < F: small cast-iron pot for stewing meat; alter., by suffix substitution, of MF cocasse, coquasse applied to various receptacles, obscurely akin to coquemar kettle, by uncert. mediation < MGk koukoumárion (or its presumed VL source), ult. deriv. of L cucuma kettle
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co·cotte   (kô-kôt')   
n.  A woman prostitute.

[French, chicken, prostitute, feminine diminutive of coq, cock, from Old French; see cock1.]
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Word Origin & History

cocotte 
"prostitute," 1867, from Fr., originally child's name for "hen."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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