quean

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"May be he is her coosin; but coosins are nae that sib that a weedow is to be hailed aboot jist ane as though she were ony quean at a fair."

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

He was in a crunkle o’ green brae, a wee below the chaipel, a’ by his lee-lane, and lowped and flang and danced like a daft quean at a waddin’.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

For the bride was a stout household quean; her face painted with vermilion, and her person arrayed in uncouth embroidered garments. 

From The Life of Lord Byron by Galt, John

Ane wad think it's true," quoth Cuddie; "for I hae aye had some carline or quean or another to gar me gang their gate instead o' my ain.

From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir

She could coax you to the buying like a Cumnock quean, and fleece you in the selling like the cadgers o' Kincardine.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas