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quean

noun

ˈkwēn

Definition of quean

disparaging

as in hussy

a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman in pirate tales there's always the raucous tavern and its cadre of buxom queans

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Noun

Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.

— Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018

Definition of hussy

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The community in Mount Airy, Maryland is raising funds for two storm sirens to alert neighbors of imminent weather threats and prevent tragedy from striking again.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
As sirens approach, a Des Moines police cruiser pulls up and an officer immediately exits the passenger side with his weapon drawn.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of siren

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Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of floozy

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The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Hundreds of men have been cited by the sheriff’s office in recent years for soliciting a prostitute.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Definition of prostitute

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But this episode does offer an unforgettable flashback of Ser Arlan (Danny Webb) rising from the bed of a comely wench and walking outside to urinate, his massive member swinging freely.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2026
Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests.

— Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025

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