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wenches

noun

plural of wench

as in prostitutes

archaic a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman a local wench who was well-known at the town's tavern

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a female domestic servant a kitchen wench who went on to become an award-winning chef

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They were all also alleged to have been prostitutes, though recent scholarship has challenged that assertion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
His guilty plea comes less than a month after another Penn Track pimp, Omari Scott, 45, got a 50-year sentence for ordering the murder of a rival who tried to poach one of his prostitutes.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

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Lee takes early meetings at a nearby hotel that could be in any country, except that the room service is delivered by robots painted in the livery of butlers and maids.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

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The attack comes as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign in recent days, with air raid sirens sounding repeatedly across Kyiv and explosions and the rumble of air defenses punctuating the city throughout the day.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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But Sunchine’s housekeepers spent their shifts at The Club cleaning hundreds of Airbnb units rather than common areas, according to homeowners.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
The hotel’s theming is impeccable, with workers dressed like bellhops and housekeepers and a grand lobby library featuring eclectic paintings and sculptures.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 14 July 2026

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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025

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