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May 22, 2019
This week’s themeTosspot words borrowed from other languages
This week’s words
amuse-gueule
skitterbrook
cache-sexe


Fig leaf, the original cache-sexe
Adam en Eva by Jan van Scorel, 1527
Adam en Eva by Jan van Scorel, 1527
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A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargcache-sexe
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: A small garment to cover the genitals.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French cache-sexe (literally, hides sex), from cacher (to hide) + sexe (genitals, sex). Earliest documented use: 1926.
USAGE:
“She oscillated listlessly in nothing but a spangled brassiere and a sequin-covered cache-sexe the shape of a heart.”
Peter Ustinov; Loser; Heinemann; 1961.
Peter Ustinov; Loser; Heinemann; 1961.
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