"tâte-poule" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \tɑ.tə.pul\
  1. Sobriquet que l’on donnait à un homme qui s’occupe de soins domestiques, de choses trop minutieuses. Tags: colloquial, obsolete
    Sense id: fr-tâte-poule-fr-noun-lj3inuaS Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes désuets en français, Termes populaires en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de tâter et de poule → voir tâte-au-pot."
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          "ref": "Louis De Chapat, La clincaille du Parnasse, Amsterdam, 1777, vol.1, page 48",
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