wench
noun
a country lass or working girl.
Example Sentences
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Because the funny thing about the witch trials is this: it wasn’t, really, those hysterical little girls and so-called temptress wenches who did all this damage to America’s soul.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
Yet, the old knaves and wenches who have made this their watering holes since the late ’70s will not recognize, or maybe even acknowledge, the place.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
Then it’s off to the ocean, where the crew will test her systems in deep saltwater, including the sonar and over-the-side gear, like wenches and cranes.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2014
The show kicked off with an agrarian fantasia featuring rustic wenches tossing cider-apples at each other and children skipping round maypoles.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2012
Just at the entrance of the lane, the time being about two in the morning, he met one of his servant wenches hurrying in the direction whence he had come.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle
