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drazel

drazel noun: a prostitute.

Noun

drazel (plural drazels)

  1. (obsolete) A prostitute.
    • As the devil uses witches, / To be their cully for a space, / That, when the time's expir'd, the drazels / For ever may become his vassals.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678...

Forms of drazel

pluraldrazels

Origin of drazel

Compare dross, drossel.

Questions about drazel

What does drazel mean?
Drazel means a prostitute.
What part of speech is drazel?
Drazel is a noun.
What is the plural of drazel?
The plural of drazel is drazels.

Words near drazel in the dictionary

  1. Drayton Valley
  2. Draytonian
  3. Draytons
  4. draywoman
  5. draywomen
  6. drazel
  7. drazels
  8. drazoxolon
  9. Draž
  10. DRC
  11. DRCP

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