Tricoteuse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tricoteuse is a noun meaning A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
Meaning
A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
Example Sentences
Sitting in the courtroom […], their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times — the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
Word Forms
- tricoteuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tricolette, tricotine, twiller, crimper, spinster, creeler.
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