wenches

III. ii.84 (403,1) No heretics burnt, but wenches 'suitors] The disease to which _wenches' suitors_ are particularly exposed, was called in

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

It's the story of four slave mistresses - "wenches "- who become furtive friends at Tawawa House.

A tender spot in master-slave relations Lonnae O'Neal Parker 2011

No, don't call the wenches, they would but strive to daunt my spirit in the holy work of vengeance on the bloodthirsty, and I can't abide tears and whining.

Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Secondly, if you guys really felt like pirates, why weren't you raping the "wenches" on board, murdering your hosts, and stealing their ship?

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor Samoa: Here's To the Pirates Who Lunch 2009

Of course, it never hurts if a biographer's subject boozes and ... whatever the non-gender-specific equivalent of "wenches" is.

ON PARNASSUS FOR 15 MINUTES 2008

The more poetic reading would be, I suppose, the one in which Chaucer's wenches had been adorned rather than ordered although "wenches" are arguably only *so* poetic.

languagehat.com: DIGHT. 2005

"Then there's hope for you, I suppose … if we can manage to remove 'wenches' from your vocabulary, that is."

Tender Rebel Lindsey, Johanna 1988

The beers, brought around by "wenches" are in cans, and slightly warm.

Public Address Hadyn Green apologises for swearing 2009

"and if, for the sake of the friendship that was between us in the days that are gone, thou wilt lend me some of thine attire, a gown and kirtle maybe, and a decent petticoat of homespun, and a cap such as wenches wear to shield their faces from the sun, I hope I may make good my escape under the very noses of these fellows."

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

Then again, given the FAFF thats about, and the probability that Abigail, Quokka or Catty, hell, Even MAYHEM I reckon one of them thar wenches will have a FAFF sewing maachine, then you could be stiched up by a FAFF, operated by a FAFF, whilst talking FAFF. .kinda all fits

Cheeseburger Gothic » Wish I’d taken a photo. 2010