- cotquean (n.)
[cotquean 词源字典]
- 1540s, obsolete, "housewife of a cot," from cot (see cottage) + quean; hence "a vulgar beldam, scold" [OED]; also used contemptuously (by Shakespeare, etc.) of men seen as overly interested in housework.[cotquean etymology, cotquean origin, 英语词源]