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wɛn(t)ʃ/
n.
- archaic or humorous a girl or young woman.
- archaic a prostitute.
v.
archaic (of a man) consort with prostitutes.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: abbrev. of obs. wenchel ‘child, servant, prostitute’; perh. rel. to OE wancol ‘unsteady, inconstant’.
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