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scarlet woman

noun as in prostitute

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You would see movies with Bette Davis in them, and just because she wore a red gown, she was, "Oh, a scarlet woman, a red gown."

From Salon

“This focus portrayed Ms. Andrew as a scarlet woman, a modern Jezebel, sparking distrust based on her loose morals. The drumbeat on Ms. Andrew’s sex life continued in closing argument, plucking away any realistic chance that the jury would seriously consider her version of events.”

Susan Bradshaw as a scarlet woman?

We were English, and so had only those morally laden English words to deal with: words like scarlet woman, and adulteress.”

The I, Tonya star remained a scarlet woman at the Vanity Fair party... from the waist down at least.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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