Wench
[wen(t)ʃ] or [wɛntʃ]
Definition
(n.) A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
(n.) A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
(n.) A colored woman; a negress.
(v. i.) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
Typed by Deirdre
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Strumpet, WHORE.[2]. [U. S.] Negress, colored woman.
Checker: Rupert
Definition
n. a maid damsel: a working-girl a maid-servant: a lewd woman a mistress a whore.—v.i. to frequent the company of whores.—n. Wench′er one who indulges in lewdness.
Editor: Olivia
Examples
- I'll teach her, with all her airs, that she's no better than the raggedest black wench that walks the streets! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Look at that, James and Mr. Crawley, cried Mrs. Bute, pointing at the scared figure of the black-eyed, guilty wench. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The stranger produced a match, and lighted a cigar, saying, as he did so, Decentish kind o' wench you've got round there, stranger. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Sirrah, behold this dame, this weeping wench. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Their gallantry is great, but they carry troublesome people through the streets in an ignominious manner, strapped down on a board, my good wench. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'd a deal sooner be flogged mysel'; but yo're not a common wench, axing yo'r pardon, nor yet have yo' common ways about yo'. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn seems to meditate as he looks distrustfully at her, then he replies, Well, wench, well. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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