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   Wench

   /wen(t)SH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a girl or young woman: archaic, humorous "in the new film about Columbus, she plays the token buxom wench"
   • 2. a prostitute. archaic

   verb

   • 1. (of a man) consort with prostitutes. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English: abbreviation of obsolete wenchel ‘child, servant, prostitute’; perhaps related to Old Englishwancol ‘unsteady, inconstant’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wencher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

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   • H

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