tribade

Definitions

A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.

Equivalents

Examples

“Go, cramp dull Mars, light⟳ Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent⟳ new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts.”

“A century later, however, homosexuality among English women seems to have⟳ been regarded by the French as common, and Bacchaumont[…] added: "Her taste⟳ for women will there find⟳ attractive satisfaction, for though Paris furnishes many tribades it is said that London is herein superior."”

“I roused Zero’s suspicions because I began to behave too much like⟳ a woman and he started to watch⟳ me warily for signs of the tribade. If he had spied any, or surprised me fingering any of his girls, he would have⟳ shot me.”

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