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wench
wench
A young woman or peasant girl, sometimes a prostitute.
A detail from plate 1 of William Hogarth's (1697–1764) The Harlot's Progress, showing brothel-keeper Elizabeth Needham, on the right, procuring a young woman who has just arrived in London. By William Hogarth.
See also:
strumpet
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