Meanings
poule1
plural poules
- A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.First known use 1920s
‘Where are the Delages taking you?’ ‘Dinner at…somewhere terribly smart. They'll pretend I'm a poule they picked up in the street.’
2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 3691 more example
It was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on the terrace of the Napolitain after Robert had gone, watching […] the poules going by, singly and in pairs, looking for the evening meal.
1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 40
poule2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinpullus, pulla
- Frenchpoule
- Englishpoule
Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.
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poule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poule
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