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as in hussy
archaic
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
a local wench who was well-known at the town's tavern
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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
a kitchen wench who went on to become an award-winning chef
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There are many solid gags among this motley crew — the pirate forever chasing his false eye, the parrot trained to speak for its mute master, the series of fetching wenches who deliver slaps to Sparrow for past wrongs.
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Directed by this tired tacky wench.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 25 Oct. 2022
On the one hand, a wooden tendril growing out of a man’s back as the front of his body cavorts with a tavern wench is an amusing visual double entendre; some of the other CGI creatures, goofy mishmashes of various animals and insects, don’t inspire much fear.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
This variant, which the company is calling the Adventure Series, has tubular doors, a front wench, KC Gravity Pro6 fog lamps and Black Rhino’s new Fuji Wheels wrapped in BF Goodrich mud tires.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Directed by this tired tacky wench.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 25 Oct. 2022
On the one hand, a wooden tendril growing out of a man’s back as the front of his body cavorts with a tavern wench is an amusing visual double entendre; some of the other CGI creatures, goofy mishmashes of various animals and insects, don’t inspire much fear.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
This variant, which the company is calling the Adventure Series, has tubular doors, a front wench, KC Gravity Pro6 fog lamps and Black Rhino’s new Fuji Wheels wrapped in BF Goodrich mud tires.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wench
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Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
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Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
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Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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For an additional fee, premium services are available, including a private chef, butler, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur.Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Coward also pokes fun at the power struggle between the upper and lower classes as Julia tries and fails to keep the help, the officious maid Saunders (a hilarious turn by Cindy Goldfield), in her place.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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In the show’s fourth season, Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M (oh, the shame!), and Tamra Judge had to fire her maid.Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
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At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
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With lights flashing and sirens blaring, the officers stepped out of their patrol car and proceeded to take part in the Halloween festivities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Soon after, an ambulance would peel off, sirens ripping through the silence.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Oh, my favorite floozy.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
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Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy?Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
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Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
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On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Wench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wench. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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