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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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Recent Examples of wench
Was Gutenberg really in love with a wench named Helvetica, like in the show?
Unlikely.
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Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Maryland’s annual renaissance fair kicks off nine weekends of medieval celebrations, welcoming rogues, monks, maidens and wenches to step back to a time when owning a sword was cool.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
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.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Directed by this tired tacky wench.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 25 Oct. 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.—
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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.—
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The service From the servers in the fine dining restaurants to the folks operating the waterpark rides, from the attendants in the poolside cabanas to the housekeepers, the service is consistently professional but with oodles of gregarious Bahamian warmth.—
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King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
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The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game.—
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Liongate just greenlit a sequel film based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s trilogy series, The Housemaid’s Secret, with Sydney Sweeney returning as the devious maid, Millie Calloway.—
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My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.—
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Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.—
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In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.—
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Rose Byrne tapped into her inner office siren for her latest awards season appearance on Tuesday, January 13.—
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When police responded, the suspects heard sirens and ran off, and all three were arrested, the DA’s Office said.—
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Rapp’s 2006 play about two onetime college friends residing in Amsterdam and the French prostitute one gifts to the other was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama.—
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Anderson allegedly acted as a prostitute and administrator who provided support and obtained drugs that Colbert used on her victims, according to the district attorney’s office.—
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“Wench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wench. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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