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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Italian doccia 'water-pipe'

douche

 noun
     
douche [countable usually singular]
a mixture of water and something such as vinegar, that a woman puts into her vagina to wash it, or the object that she uses to do this
—douche verb [intransitive and transitive]
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