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coquetry

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co⋅quet⋅ry

  [koh-ki-tree, koh-ke-tree]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. the behavior or arts of a coquette; flirtation.
2. dalliance; trifling.
Origin:
1650–60; < F coquetterie. See coquette, -ery
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co·quet·ry   (kō'kĭ-trē, kō-kět'rē)   
n.   pl. co·quet·ries
Dalliance; flirtation.

[French coquetterie, from coquette, coquette; see coquette.]
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