French letter

English Etymology From en French letter. Compare earlier en French pox, en French-sick syphilis, or later en French safe, en French tickler condom, or en French kiss. Attested from the 19th century. Noun en UK Ireland Commonwealth dated euphemistic A condom. en Thesaurus:condom en 1984 Leslie Thomas In my Wildest Dreams 289 ‘So you’re fifteen – and you know the function of a “French letter”? You are familiar with its use?’ ‘I know what it’s for, sir, yes.’ en 2012 Courtney Milan A Kiss for Midwinter 80 “I suppose it’s too much to hope that you have a question about gonorrhea. Those questions are so much easier to answer.” “I was going to ask about what you said earlier. That you’d... that you’d... not used a French letter in eighteen months.” https://books.google.com/books?id=JHn4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT80 Derived terms en Frenchie Translations condom References French adj. and n 74478 September 2009 en Birth control