Word of the Day - Tricoteuse

tricoteuse

/ˌtrɪkəˈtəːz//tʀikɔtøz/
noun
One of a number of women who sat and knitted while attending public executions during the French Revolution.

Origin
French, from tricoter ‘to knit’.

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Teresa toyed with the yarn, never succeeding in making more than a few rows
while watching the gruesome parade of carts rolling up to the
guillotine. She barely qualified as a tricoteuse because she was atypically squeamish.