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noun

Wench n.

A young woman; a girl; a maiden. "Lord and lady, groom and wench." "That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot." "He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench."

A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. "She shall be called his wench or his leman." "It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches."

A colored woman; a negress. (Archaic, U. S.)

verb

Wench v. i. (past & past part. wenched; pres. part. wenching) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

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Etymology of 'Wench'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wench" Quotes from Famous Books

... sable. The fashion is what you see in all the pictures and prints of Francis I. My father is very anxious, I think, to act the play; my mother, to have it published before it is acted; and I sit and hear it discussed and praised and criticised, only longing (like a "silly wench," as my mother calls me when I confess as much to her) to see my father in his lovely dress and hear the alarums of my ...

— Records of a Girlhood • Frances Anne Kemble

... It's not ye I want, nor valuables, but this wench," growled Case. He pushed Will around with the muzzle of the musket, which action caused the young man to turn a sickly white and shrink involuntarily with fear. The hammer of the musket was raised, and might fall at ...

— The Last Trail • Zane Grey

... "A voluptuous little wench, that Carmen! Keeping her for yourself, eh? But you will have to give her up. Belongs to the Church, you know. But don't let our worthy Don Wenceslas hear of her good looks, for he'd pop her into a convent presto! And later he—Bien, you had better get rid of ...

— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... don't belong to our fraternity, we may betray him with a safe conscience: I don't think it lawful to harbour any rogues but my own. Look'ee, child, as the saying is, we must go cunningly to work, proofs we must have; the gentleman's servant loves drink, I'll ply him that way, and ten to one loves a wench: you must work him t' ...

— The Beaux-Stratagem • George Farquhar

... young wench who was at Trantridge awhile— young Squire d'Urberville's friend? I was there at that time, though I don't live ...

— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy

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