OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30616

harlot

/ˈhɑːlət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
golfa • puta • ramera
A female prostitute.
The bastard of a harlot, born in a brothel, suckled on gin, and familiar from earliest infancy with all the bestialities of debauch,[…]
Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce, / And dost not know the Garment from the Man. / Every Harlot was a Virgin once, / Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.
zorra
A female who is considered promiscuous.
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