painted woman

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nounArchaic.
  1. a prostitute.

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How to use painted woman in a sentence

  • 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

painted woman

noun
  1. old-fashioned, derogatory a woman whose appearance suggests she is promiscuous

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