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noun
A feminine lesbian, especially one who is attracted to masculine (butch) lesbians.
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Tony explains: "The women from Arles were femmes fatales, so Picasso's compliment came with a sting".
Most of the women were "femmes libres" — escapees from rural polygamy who typically had only three or four clients for whom they also cooked and did laundry.
"There were scrawny women, there were curvy women, there were femmes, there were butches, there were younger women, and older women and all had a fierce-as-hell attitude but also had insecurities.
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From an insect's point of view, these beautiful flowers are femmes fatales.
It may come as a surprise to some that this is not the only type of lesbian that exists, oh no -- there are some who are "femmes".
"They're cute, they're sexy and they're femme".
The result is "Femme Fatale," opening Wednesday, starring Rebecca Romijn-Stasos as the temptress and Antonio Banderas as a jaded paparazzo with whom she forges an uneasy alliance.
It's femme labor, a femme strategy for living.
Female metal heads can be femme too, you know.
The women are femme fatales who more often than not cause the protagonist's downfall.
All the female contestants, for example, are femme, and everyone is cis.
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