painted woman
a prostitute.
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How to use painted woman in a sentence
Men were taught self-control about everything from their diet to how to resist the “painted woman.”
He was the first who painted woman with brilliant drapery and variegated head-dresses.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordA dissolute, painted woman of Earth, staring out at Polter as he passed.
Beyond the Vanishing Point | Raymond King Cummings"You're a set of cowards," chimed in a painted woman, dressed in a poor and tawdry dress.
The Death of the Gods | Dmitri MrejkowskiShe painted woman as its victim, till every heart recoiled at the image she drew.
Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart | Caroline Lee Hentz
He did kill the poor painted woman; and then he was frightened, and thrust her poor body down into the sewer.
Mad | George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for painted woman
old-fashioned, derogatory a woman whose appearance suggests she is promiscuous
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