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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread An honest (wo)man? #35369 07/12/2001 6:18 AM Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2 USA coopycake stranger coopycake stranger Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2 USA Greetings, all! This is my first post, so please be gentle. I am trying to find the origin of the phrase, "to make an honest man [or woman] out of [someone]." I believe the phrase is tied to the French expression "l'honnette homme" (pardon spelling errors) but I cannot verify. Any hints? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted An honest (wo)man? coopycake 07/12/2001 6:18 AM Re: An honest (wo)man? RhubarbCommando 07/12/2001 9:44 AM Re: An honest (wo)man? Faldage 07/12/2001 12:58 PM Re: An honest (wo)man? Bean 07/12/2001 3:37 PM Re: An honest (wo)man? Brandon 07/12/2001 3:40 PM Re: An honest (wo)man? of troy 07/12/2001 3:56 PM Re: An honest (wo)man? Bobyoungbalt 07/13/2001 2:43 PM Re: Marriages wow 07/14/2001 3:25 PM Re: Marriages Rapunzel 07/14/2001 7:20 PM Re: Marriages AnnaStrophic 07/14/2001 7:36 PM Re: Marriages Rapunzel 07/14/2001 7:43 PM Re: An honest (wo)man? coopycake 07/12/2001 4:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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