Frenchie

plural Frenchies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Frenchy (“French person”).
2. AustraliaCanadaIrelandNew ZealandUKslangA condom; abbreviated form of French letter.

   I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.

   1985, “Delerium Tremens” (track 2), in Ordinary Man, performed by Christy Moore

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   Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers, rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics — these days they're just condoms.

   2002 February 7, Janine Burgess, “Armour against pleasure?”, in The Timaru Herald

   The poster was designed by Aboriginal health workers in northern Queensland for use in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, where the slogan was sometimes modified to ‘Use Frenchies’ because the word ‘condom’ was not in common use.

   2004, Paul Sendziuk, Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS

   Synonyms: condom, cum catcher, rubber

3. colloquialA French Bulldog.
4. slangA French kiss.

   “Kiss me,” she said. He heard a giggle from Molly. “Give her a Frenchie,” Solly said.

   2014, J. David Simons, The Credit Draper

plural Frenchies

1. alternativeAlternative form of Frenchy (“name”).