Lorette n. In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.
... the night of the eighteenth of March, two hundred light infantry were detached from the Garrison of Quebec, with three days' provisions, and a company of Grenadiers, marched the next day to Lorette Church, being the place of rendezvous. The whole proceeded to Calvaire, accompanied by a French deserter in a British uniform. In this route they surprised an advanced post of the French, and made the party prisoners, ... — The Campaign of 1760 in Canada - A Narrative Attributed to Chevalier Johnstone • Chevalier Johnstone Read full book for free!
... Greve. They take the name en Greve from the place in which one class of builders' workmen assemble when waiting to be hired. Various places are chosen by sundry workmen and workwomen for this practice of waiting to be hired. Laundresses, for example, are to be found near the church of our Lady of Lorette, where they endure, and too often enjoy, coarse words ... — A Tramp's Wallet - stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France • William Duthie Read full book for free!
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