coquetterie (ko-kè-trî), n.f., coquetry; affectation (in dress); love of dress; flirtation; finicalness. Une — d’expressions; far-fetched expressions.
*coquillage, n.m., shell-fish; shells; shell-work.
*coquillart, n.m., bed of shells and stones.
*coquille, n.f., shell (of fruit, of animals); (print.) wrong letter; thumb (of a latch); foot-board (of coach-box); post demy, small post (paper); under-part of a staircase; (anat.) concha. pl., wares of little value. — de Sainte Jacques; scallop. — de beurre; pat of butter. Rentrer dans sa —; to draw in one’s horns. À qui vendez-vous vos —s; it is of no use trying to do me. Il fait bien valoir ses —s; he praises his goods, and no mistake.
coquiller, v.n., (of bread) to swell; to crumple, to curl up.
*coquilleu-x, -se, adj., shelly.
*coquillier, n.m., collection of shells; cabinet of shells.
*coquilli-er, -ère, adj., conchiferous.
coquin, -e, adj., idle, debauched; free and easy; roguish, rascally.
coquin, n.m., knave, rascal, rogue, scamp. Tour de —; knavish trick.