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courting:
Seeking a persons affection .
Etymology: From the Latin cohors, meaning an enclosed garden or courtyard, the place where knights courted ladies in Medieval times.

Quote: Lucy (Julie Kavner) to Ellen (Debra Winger) in Forget Paris (1995): ' Forget Paris. He was courting. They'll do anything when they're courting .'




See Also: darksetting, courting, cupiding, Adam-and-Eveing, arm-in-arming, dueting, Hollywooing, lovers lane, man-and-womanizing, sweethearting, table-for-twoing, shunamitism, sparking, cavalier,

Quotes Containing courting:
'Forget Paris. He was courting . They'll do anything when they're courting .' Lucy (Julie Kavner) to Ellen (Debra Winger) in Forget Paris (1995)
''Forget Paris. He was courting . They''ll do anything when they''re courting .'' Lucy (Julie Kavner) to Ellen (Debra Winger) in Forget Paris (1995)
''Easy now! Easy now! Is this a courting or a donnybrook? Have the good manners not to hit the man until he''s your husband and able to hit you back .'' Michaelen Flynn (Barry Fitzgerald), the matchmaker, to Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O''Hara) and Sean Thornton (John Wayne) in The Quiet Man (1952)
Karen (Satah Taylor) in Courting Courtney (1997): ''Nice guys are boring... until you''re 30. Then they''re scarce.''
Karen (Satah Taylor) in Courting Courtney (1997): ''Nice guys are boring... until you''re 30. Then they''re scarce.''


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