"couillette" meaning in Middle French

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Noun

Forms: couillettes [plural]
Etymology: couille + -ette (“little testicle”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|frm|couille|ette|gloss2=little testicle}} couille + -ette (“little testicle”) Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|couillettes||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} couillette f (plural couillettes), {{frm-noun|f}} couillette f (plural couillettes)
  1. (vulgar, vocative) an insult, similar to couillon Tags: feminine, vocative, vulgar
    Sense id: en-couillette-frm-noun-L3-Cg~Jx
  2. (vulgar, vocative) in the following example, seems to be an affectionate if vulgar nickname Tags: feminine, vocative, vulgar
    Sense id: en-couillette-frm-noun-rvziTrjb

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          "english": "Listen, dickhead. Do you see the gown of the monk from Castres?\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1552, Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre",
          "text": "Escoute ça, couillette. Vids-tu oncques le froc du moine de Castres?",
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