cotquean
/ˈkɑtˌkwin/
noun
- A man who does housework or traditionally female domestic tasks, often used disapprovingly.
- The old neighbors called him a cotquean because he enjoyed baking and sewing.
- In the 18th century, a man who stayed home to cook was sometimes mocked as a cotquean.
- Her grandfather was a gentle cotquean who kept the house spotless while his wife worked.
- A rude or meddlesome woman; a shrew.
- The village gossip was known as a cotquean, always poking her nose into other people's business.
- The play's comic character was a cotquean who argued with everyone in the market.
- He called her a cotquean after she loudly criticized his gardening skills.
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