wench 
wench (wenc̸h)
noun
- a girl or young woman: now a derogatory or jocular term
- Archaic
- a country girl
- a female servant
- a sexually loose and immoral woman
Etymology: ME wenche, contr. < wenchel, child, boy, girl, young woman < OE wencel, a child, akin to wancol, unsteady (? in reference to an infant's gait): for IE base see winch
intransitive verb
to be sexually promiscuous with a wench ()
wench
n. [Usually derogatory]
Object
- gambling: Many a young fellow has been wrecked on it's scandalous shore - drinking, wenching, gambling!
Converse of object
- serve: One is supposed to be a young serving wench from the 17th Century.
- have: The Isle of Wight has a more imposing wench, clothed with a little drapery.
Adjective modifier
- buxom: With the passage of time and ale, the men grew friendlier and the buxom wenches lovelier - and tongues grew looser.
- fat: Pine Cone's Report by Pam Shirk, North Carolina, USA Well, the fat wench did it again.
- pretty: Now, by the mack, a pretty wench indeed!
- good: Mom: Moll's a good wench still, I know what she'll do.
- comely: In particular, when faced with a large group of comely wenches, the surprise and joy on his face was a picture.
- common: And Betsey isn't none of your common kitchen wenches.
Noun used with modifier
Barnardine:Thou hast committedö Barabas: Fornicationöbut that was in another country; and besides, the wench is dead.
'Tis no shame for men Of his high birth to love a wench; his honour May privilege more sins. Next to a woman, He loves a running-horse.
Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French, And some'll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench. 559
This wench we speak of strays so from her kind, Nature repents she made her; 'tis a mermaid Has tolled my son to shipwreck
Browse dictionary entries near wench
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