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croshabells

croshabells is the plural of croshabell.

Meaning of croshabell

Noun

croshabell (plural croshabells)

  1. (obsolete) A prostitute.
    • […]in Italian called a curtezan, in Spain, a margerite, in French une curtain, in England, among the barbarous, a whore, but among the gentle, their usual associates, a punk: but now the word refined being latest, and the authority brought from a climate as yet unconquered, the fruitful county of...1607, “How George Read a Play-Book to a Gentleman”, in The Jests of George Peele; republished in The Works of George Peele, 2nd edition, volume 2, London: William Pickering, 1829, page 290

Questions about croshabells

What is croshabells the plural of?
Croshabells is the plural of croshabell.

Words near croshabells in the dictionary

  1. Crosbyton
  2. croscarmellose
  3. Crose
  4. Croses
  5. croshabell
  6. croshabells
  7. Croshaw
  8. crosier
  9. crosiered
  10. crosiers
  11. Croskey

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