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wench definition

wench (wenc̸h)

noun

  1. a girl or young woman: now a derogatory or jocular term
  2. Archaic
    1. a country girl
    2. a female servant
    3. 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 ()

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