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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bidet
 
SYLLABICATION:bi·det
PRONUNCIATION:  b-d
NOUN: A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for bathing the genitals and the posterior parts.
ETYMOLOGY:French, pony, bidet, probably from Old French bider, to trot.
 
 
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