page_title: Cocotte (prostitute)
hierarchical_section_title: Cocotte (prostitute)
caption_attribution_description: English: picture of a cocotte from Bertall's Idiotismes animaliers, in Bertall, La Comédie de notre temps&#160;: études au crayon et à la plume, Plon, Paris, vol. 2, 1875
context_page_description: Cocottes were high class prostitutes in France during the Second Empire and the Belle Époque. They were also known as demi-mondes and grandes horizontales. Cocotte was originally a term of endearment for small children, but was used as a term for elegant prostitutes from the 1860s. The term was also used in Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany from the turn of the 20th century.
context_section_description: Cocottes (or coquettes) were high class prostitutes (courtesans) in France during the Second Empire and the Belle Époque. They were also known as demi-mondes and grandes horizontales. Cocotte was originally a term of endearment for small children, but was used as a term for elegant prostitutes from the 1860s. The term was also used in Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany  from the turn of the 20th century (Kokotte).
caption: Une cocotte by Bertall from The comedy of our time: studies in pencil and pen, Plon, Paris, vol.  2, 1875.
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