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 Harris, Frank

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

From this incident we may learn to know how evil Fortune exerts her rage against a poor right-minded man, and how the strumpet Luck can help a miserable rascal.

From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington

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 Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

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 Shakespeare, William