"Ce Smiley avait une jument que les gars appelaient le bidet du quart d'heure, mais seulement pour plaisanter, vous comprenez, parse que, bien entendu, elle etait plus vite que ca!
"Sketches New and Old, Part 1."
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
No one ever thought of having baths in their rooms then, even in the most comfortable houses: a footpan or a "bidet" was the utmost luxury attempted.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare
A special form of tub, called a "bidet," has been devised to facilitate bathing the parts in question.
"The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy"
J. Morris Slemons