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hedge whore

hedge whore noun: an inferior prostitute.

Noun

hedge whore (plural hedge whores)

  1. (historical) An inferior prostitute.
    • Those whom Venus is said to rule, as Punks, Jills, Flirts, Queans, Morts, Doxies, Strumpets, Buttocks, Blowings, Tits, Pure Ones, Concubines, Convenients, Cracks, Drabs, Trulls, Light-skirts, Wrigglers, Misses, Cats, Riggs, Try'd Virgins, Bonarobaes, Barbers Chairs, Hedge-whores, Wagtails...1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “Of the Disposition of the People this Year”, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in...
    • HEDGE WHORE, an itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy houſes, by diſpoſing of her favours, on the way ſide, under a hedge; a low beggarly proſtitute.[1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Synonyms of hedge whore

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Forms of hedge whore

pluralhedge whores

Origin of hedge whore

From hedge (“third-rate”) + whore (“prostitute”). Compare hedge alehouse, hedge priest.

Questions about hedge whore

What does hedge whore mean?
Hedge whore means an inferior prostitute.
What part of speech is hedge whore?
Hedge whore is a noun.
What is the plural of hedge whore?
The plural of hedge whore is hedge whores.

Words near hedge whore in the dictionary

  1. hedge trees
  2. hedge trimmer
  3. hedge trimmers
  4. hedge warbler
  5. hedge warblers
  6. hedge whore
  7. hedge whores
  8. hedge witch
  9. hedge witches
  10. hedge wizard
  11. hedge wizards

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