bawd
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“The impudence of a bawd is modesty compared with that of a convert,” said George Savile, the first marquess of Halifax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Words such as scold, shrew, termagent, witch, harlot, bawd, and tramp were all at one point in their histories terms for men; furthermore, the terms were usually neutral and sometimes even adulatory.
From Salon ● May 11, 2013
Best of all is the wonderful, pivotal scene in which Tilly Tremayne's well-judged, shrewd widow takes on Harriet Walter's glittering bawd at chess.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2010
Dayton, Ohio; Miami, Fla. Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's musical melding of bard and bawd, with Marguerite Piazza as the tamed shrew.
From Time Magazine Archive
In saying this, thou wrong'st me, Gaveston: Is't not enough that thou corrupt'st my lord, And art a bawd to his affections, But thou must call mine honour thus in question?
From Edward the Second by Marlowe, Christopher
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