Plural of cocotte; multiple small individual cooking pots, casserole dishes, or (historically) fashionable courtesans.
The plural form of 'cocotte' following standard French pluralization in English. The '-s' ending marks more than one cocotte, whether referring to cookware or to historical social references.
Finding cookbooks from the 1800s-1900s, you'll see 'cocottes' mentioned both as necessary fancy kitchenware AND as characters in literature—the same word serving two very different worlds that actually overlapped in French high society!
Plural of cocotte; same problematic gendered history. Historically used to demean women through false intimacy and class-based judgment.
Use only for cookware (plural enameled pots). Avoid applying to women or groups.
["enameled pots","Dutch ovens (for cookware)"]
Plural form carries forward the dehumanizing language; modern usage should restrict to neutral culinary context.
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