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cotquean (n.)
1540s, obsolete, "housewife of a cot," from
cot
(see
cottage
) +
quean
; hence "a vulgar beldam, scold" [OED]; also used contemptuously (by Shakespeare, etc.) of men seen as overly interested in housework.
