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Definition of wench in English: wenchnoun wɛn(t)ʃwɛn(t)ʃ archaic 1humorous A girl or young woman. in the new film about Columbus, she plays the token buxom wench Example sentencesExamples - Beer wenches are scantily clad women paid about $60 an hour to be at the beck and call of cricket-watching men who don't want to queue for beer.
- He had a youthful face, not yet weathered like the rest and whenever ashore was quite popular with maidens and wenches alike.
- Smiling brightly, the buxom wench dipped a courtesy to them both as she pocketed their payment.
- Before the night is out they will no doubt have all found the attentions of a pretty young serving wench.
- To the teenage wenches in Hindley Street who thought I was a visiting celebrity - thanks.
Synonyms young woman, young lady, miss 2A prostitute. Example sentencesExamples - I resent being called a wench and besides I think you're the slut, Tiffany!
- Your father was a dog and your mother was lower than the wenches who peddle their assets in Boruva!
- The boss is a friendly Norwegian and the working wenches are usually lively and cheerful.
- I'm a paladin, not some whore or bar wench, I need nothing from either of you.
- She just smiled and shrugged, ‘I don't mind all that much, I deal with men like you all the time; we all do, us tavern wenches.’
verb wɛn(t)ʃwɛn(t)ʃ [no object]archaic (of a man) habitually associate with prostitutes.
Derivatives noun He was the manifest ruffian, wencher, whoremonger, and most infamous cuckold-maker that ever breathed. Example sentencesExamples - In the picturesque port city of Bahia, Flor, a lovely young woman, marries the wastrel Vadinho, a compulsive wencher who beats her.
- In most of our minds, he is a withdrawn, lonely figure, brave but enigmatic - scarcely to be compared with his rival, who was combative, a drinker and something of a wencher.
Origin Middle English: abbreviation of obsolete wenchel 'child, servant, prostitute'; perhaps related to Old English wancol 'unsteady, inconstant'. Wench is an abbreviation of obsolete wenchel ‘child, servant, prostitute’; it is perhaps related to Old English wancol ‘unsteady, inconstant’.
Rhymes backbench, bench, blench, clench, Dench, drench, entrench, French, frontbench, quench, stench, tench, trench, wrench Definition of wench in US English: wenchnounwen(t)SHwɛn(t)ʃ humorous, archaic 1A girl or young woman. Example sentencesExamples - Smiling brightly, the buxom wench dipped a courtesy to them both as she pocketed their payment.
- To the teenage wenches in Hindley Street who thought I was a visiting celebrity - thanks.
- Beer wenches are scantily clad women paid about $60 an hour to be at the beck and call of cricket-watching men who don't want to queue for beer.
- He had a youthful face, not yet weathered like the rest and whenever ashore was quite popular with maidens and wenches alike.
- Before the night is out they will no doubt have all found the attentions of a pretty young serving wench.
Synonyms young woman, young lady, miss - 1.1 A prostitute.
Example sentencesExamples - The boss is a friendly Norwegian and the working wenches are usually lively and cheerful.
- Your father was a dog and your mother was lower than the wenches who peddle their assets in Boruva!
- She just smiled and shrugged, ‘I don't mind all that much, I deal with men like you all the time; we all do, us tavern wenches.’
- I'm a paladin, not some whore or bar wench, I need nothing from either of you.
- I resent being called a wench and besides I think you're the slut, Tiffany!
verbwen(t)SHwɛn(t)ʃ [no object]archaic (of a man) consort with prostitutes.
Origin Middle English: abbreviation of obsolete wenchel ‘child, servant, prostitute’; perhaps related to Old English wancol ‘unsteady, inconstant’. |