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单词 overscutched
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overscutchedadj.

Forms: see over- prefix and scutch v.1 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, scutch v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < over- prefix + scutch v.1 + -ed suffix1.There is probably no connection with ‘Overswitcht housewife, i.e. a whore; a ludicrous word’ (J. Ray N. Country Words (1674)).
Obsolete.
Worn out, overused; battered, whipped. overscutched housewife n. an ill-treated woman; (perhaps) a prostitute who has been publicly whipped many times, a hardened prostitute.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women)
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light-tailed1600
overscutched1600
stuprous1603
light-skirted1607
brothelly1608
light-heeled1611
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feather-heeleda1674
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hetaeric1868
round-heeled1926
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trampy1944
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slaggy1973
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 309 + 3 A came ouer in the rereward of the fashion, and sung those tunes to the ouer-schutcht huswiues, that he heard the Car-men whistle.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. Introd. v. 124 For Harp's an over-scutched phrase, Worn out by bards of modern days.
1827 W. Scott Two Drovers Introd., in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiii. 291 It is only an ass like Justice Shallow, who would pitch upon the over-scutched tunes, which the carmen whistled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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