hedge whore en · NOUN
Etymology
From hedge (“third-rate”) + whore (“prostitute”). Compare hedge alehouse, hedge priest.
Meanings
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(historical) An inferior prostitute.
HEDGE WHORE, an itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy houſes, by diſpoſing of her favours, on the way ſide, under a hedge; a low beggarly proſtitute.
[1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:Those whom Venus is said to rule, as Punks, Jills, Flirts, Queans, Morts, Doxies, Strumpets, Buttocks, Blowings, Tits, Pure Ones, Concubines, Convenients, Cracks, Drabs, Trulls, Light-skirts, Wrigglers, Misses, Cats, Riggs, Try'd Virgins, Bonarobaes, Barbers Chairs, Hedge-whores, Wagtails, Cockatrices, Whipsters, Twiggers, Harlots, Kept-wenches, Kind-hearted-things, Ladies of Pleasure, by what Titles or Names soever dignified or distinguish'd;
1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “Of the Disposition of the People this Year”, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua, and His Sonne Pantagruel. […], London: […] [Thomas Ratcliffe and Edward Mottershead] for Richard Baddeley, […], →OCLC; republished in volume II, London: […] Navarre Society […], [1948], →OCLC, 5th book, page 430:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hedge whores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
broad · girl of the game · quiff · pimpette · Fulham virgin · mot · creature of the night · fornicatrix · street taco · gamester · brass nail · geebag · party girl · hoe · lady of light virtue · trull · lady of the evening · nymph of darkness · perdita · tart · tom · blowen · wapping dell · almah · working girl · cocotte · 'ho · gillian · prozzy · girl rented overnight · slapper · beotch · slag · thot · brasser · Dutch widow · ribibe · woman of the night · prostitute · sex labourer · musk cat · wapping moll · karayuki-san · flap · wench · business girl · hustler · frail sister · mud-kicker · skivvy · sex worker · lady of the night · Paphian · Japayuki-san · chippy · public woman · hackney · blowsabella · woman of the street · scrubber · tawaif · trick turner · jay · trug · slut · lady of the game · skainsmate · gay lady · alley cat · priestess of Venus · tib · vice girl · mort wap-apace · Covent Garden nun · trollop · brass · gill · bargirl · chromo · woman of easy virtue · hook · pug · dollymop · woman of the town · prozzie · pro skirt · nymph of the pavé · pretty horsebreaker · good-time girl · mud kicker · moll · drab · hireling · abandons · whore · pross · laced mutton · quail · strumpet · blouze · mermaid · daughter of joy · mutton · thotty · Bankside lady · comfort girl · painted lady · bat · nun · punk · slit · woman of ill fame · prossy · lightskirt · quean · Haymarket ware · commoner · floozie · cat · pussygirl · prossie · stew · calico queen · cockatrice · lady of leisure · croshabell · woman of ill repute · pro · treddle · pavement princess · tweak · comfort woman · escort · lady of pleasure · succubus · harlot · quene · puella publica · wanton · prosty · mudkicker · put · callet · hoer · nymph of the pavement · bangtail · coaster · fille de joie · minx · pucelle · prostie · hooker · stem siren · mob · soiled dove · prostitutor · loose woman · wapping mort · doxy · puta · GRO · meat puppet · sodomitess