gingette

noun

gingette

noun

Etymology From ging(er) (“red-haired person”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents). Compare ging and -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”).

1

Colloquial, Derogatory, Often A female with reddish-brown hair.

  • An Israeli sabre meets an Irish colleen redhead; 'Gingette' sparks do fly, resulting in a marriage made in heaven for Victor and Adrienne Elalouf.2010, Brief Encounters, page 339:
Related terms
gingerette, guinguette

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