"chavette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃæˈvɛt/ Audio: En-au-chavette.ogg [Australia] Forms: chavettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: chav + -ette Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chav|ette|id2=female}} chav + -ette Head templates: {{en-noun}} chavette (plural chavettes)
  1. (British, derogatory, slang) A female chav. Tags: British, derogatory, slang Related terms: charva, charvette, charver, chav Translations (a female chav): marĝenulino [feminine] (Esperanto), misgustulino [feminine] (Esperanto), פרחה (Hebrew), dresiara [feminine] (Polish), choni [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), poligonera [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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