maidenhead
noun
the hymen.
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Maidenhead
Maidenheadnouna town in S England, in Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames. Pop: 58 848 (2001)
maidenhead
American
[meyd-n-hed]
/ ˈmeɪd nˌhɛd /
noun
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the hymen.
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maidenhood; virginity.
maidenhead
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British
/ ˈmeɪdənˌhɛd /
noun
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a nontechnical word for the hymen
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virginity; maidenhood
Maidenhead
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British
/ ˈmeɪdənˌhɛd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of maidenhead
First recorded in 1200–50, maidenhead is from the Middle English word maidenhed. See maiden, -head
Vocabulary lists containing maidenhead
Example Sentences
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But hey, I grew up in maidenhead, so what do I know?
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2014
What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead: to your ears, divinity; to any other's, profanation.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
By my troth and maidenhead, I would not be a queen.
From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William
For, hadde God commanded maidenhead, Then had he damned* wedding out of dread;** *condemned **doubt And certes, if there were no seed y-sow,* *sown Virginity then whereof should it grow?
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
A rendezvous, a home to fly unto, If that the Devil and mischance look big Upon the maidenhead of our affairs.
From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William
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