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wenching

wenching is the present participle and gerund of wench.

Meaning of wench

Verb

wench (third-person singular simple present wenches, present participle wenching, simple past and past participle wenched)

  1. (archaic, humorous, intransitive) To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize.
    • This is ſure ſome hide-bound ſtudent, that proportions his expence by his penſion; and wencheth at Tottenham court for ſtewed prunes and cheeſcakes.1638, Thomas Nabbes, The Bride, a Comedie. […], London: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson] for Laurence Blaikelocke […], published 1640, →OCLC; republished in Playes, Maskes, Epigrams, Elegies, and...
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To act as a wench.
    • λαικάζω (laikázō), to wench1852, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Greek-English Lexicon, page 824

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Questions about wenching

What is wenching the present participle and gerund of?
Wenching is the present participle and gerund of wench.

Words near wenching in the dictionary

  1. wenchful
  2. wenchhood
  3. wenchier
  4. wenchiest
  5. wenchiness
  6. wenching
  7. wenchish
  8. wenchless
  9. wenchlike
  10. wenchly
  11. wenchman

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