Meaning of fille de joie | Babel Free

Definitions

A female prostitute; a courtesan.

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Examples

“[A]fter he had spent some months, and a round sum of money, in fruitless attendance and addresses, he fairly quitted the pursuit, and consoled himself with the conversation of a merry Fille de joye, whose good graces he acquired by an allowance of twenty Louis per month […].”

“He announced that anyone who volunteered as a fille de joie would be given her own room, clean clothes, sufficient food and cigarettes, and the opportunity to bathe every day.”

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