strumpet
Example Sentences
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I must begin by stating that I do not accept implicitly Shakespeare's angry declarations that his mistress was a mere strumpet.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris
Anne Boleyn was no strumpet; she was King Henry's lawful wife, and Elizabeth is the king's legitimate daughter!
From Henry VIII and His Court by Henry Niles Pierce
As a matron is unlike and of a different aspect from a strumpet, so will a true friend differ from the toad-eater.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
How like a prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggared by the strumpet wind!
From Platform Monologues by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
Great King, I am no strumpet, by my life; I am either maid, or else this old man's wife.
From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
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