"affairette" meaning in English

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          "text": "1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215,\nIt’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments."
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          "ref": "1978, Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1979, page 93:",
          "text": "“[…] I thought I’d be snapped up in six months. At the very most!” […]\n“What about Robert?”\n“Affairettes don’t count.”",
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          "ref": "1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 9:",
          "text": "Occasionally I got out afterward to cruise. Occasionally someone does spend the night with me. Twice, I've even had very sweet \"affairettes\" with men who made their way to my home.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Erika Ritter, The Great Big Book of Guys,, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, page 5:",
          "text": "Suddenly single at thirty, I floundered through those awful encounters, affairettes, and all-out affairs I’d tried to spare myself by marrying early and supposedly for good.",
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        "A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner."
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        {
          "word": "dalliance"
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          "word": "fling"
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        {
          "word": "liaison"
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          "text": "1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215,\nIt’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments."
        },
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