a man who occupies himself with work of a domestic nature, or work traditionally done by women; cf. cotquean, n. 3.
| 单词 | θ63366 |
| 释义 | the world > people > person > man > [noun] > man who does domestic or household work (3) wife-carl?1507 a man who occupies himself with work of a domestic nature, or work traditionally done by women; cf. cotquean, n. 3. cotquean1597 contemptuously. A man that acts the housewife, that busies himself unduly or meddles with matters belonging to the housewife's province. Cf… cot1699 A man that does domestic or household work usually done by women; a ‘betty’; hence cot-betty n. (U.S.). Obsolete exc. dialect. |
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